Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The Red Umbrella [Modern Hyakumonogatari: Kowai Hanashi 12/99]

The Red Umbrella (赤い傘)

By Nishiurawa in "Modern Hyakumonogatari: Kowai Hanashi"
   On the umbrella rack by the front door in the Myogadani family's house, there is a red umbrella that no one knows where it came from.
   Because of that, no one in the family really uses it.
   There are times when the umbrella gets wet even if it's not raining or no one washed it.
   It always seems like something bad happens to a family member on those days.
   "This umbrella's really creepy. I'm gonna go throw it away somewhere."
   It was raining that day. The younger brother took the umbrella and left the house.
   That evening, it was discovered that he had been killed. It was a hit and run.

   After a while, the umbrella was returned to the family by the police as a lost article.
   Even though he must have had it with him during the accident, the umbrella didn't have a single scratch on it.

   Today it remains on the umbrella rack by the front door.

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