Story No. 1
The girl at the window
There was a boy who always used the same road to go to school and to go home. One day, after school, he was walking home as usual, when he happened to look up at a block of condominium. He usually did not pay attention to the surrounding but there was something that attracted him that afternoon.
At one of the windows, a girl was looking down onto the road. Being a shy boy, he had a glimpse of her and continued his way home. It was the same the next day
That night, he felt his heart stirred due to the image of the girl at the window. He wanted to get to know her and maybe she wanted to get to know him too. That was his initial idea.
So he made up his mind to meet her after school or maybe later. That afternoon, as usual he passed the place and saw her again. His heart skipped and he felt excited. He waved at her but she just looked at him with a sad expression. He was a little disappointed but that did not dampened his spirit. He made up his mind to go there in the evening after his dinner.
After dinner, he happened to skim the newspaper and saw a picture of a girl. Immediately, his heart jumped with joy. As he read on, he got excited and frightened. The girl had been kidnapped two days ago. He checked the photograph again. Yes, she was the girl at the window.
He wanted to tell his parents but they had gone out. He wanted to call the police but would the police believe him. He may even be arrested if his story was false. So, he made up his mind to investigate first and take appropriate action later if she is the girl in the story.
After locking his house, he made his way to the condominium. It was easy as he was familiar with the area. He went up two flight of stairs and came to the door of the apartment. He put his ears at the door to listen to any sound from within. There was none. He then knocked lightly and was ready to run away if indeed there was someone at the door. He waited and waited. He knocked a little louder and still there was no answer.
He tried the door knob. It was not locked so he pushed and it creaked a little. His heart beat became faster. He pushed a little more and peeped into the house. All was dark and he had to get accustomed to the darkness. He walked slowly inside and made his way to the door of the room that would be facing the road.
The door was ajar and it was dark too. It was empty too. He looked around and saw the figure of someone at the window. The girl? The same girl?
Being not sure, he walked towards the figure who was still looking down through the window. He called softly at her but there was no reply. He became bolder and approached her. When he was inched away from her, he saw that she was hanging from a rope tied to the window.
Immedaitely, he knew that the girl had died and that was why she had been looking at him through the window for the past three days.
You can guess what happened next.
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