There was
a medical college located at the base of the mountains. A lonely trail
led up the mountain. The end of the wooded trail was a small cabin that
was owned by the Medical College to store the cadavers used for autopsy
practices. In normal times, except the manual workers, nobody would go
up to the cabin.
On day just before the midterm,
three dentist department students were preparing for the exam at the
dormitory. After twelve o』clock, they all felt bored with studying.
「I need something to cheer me up.」
「Let』s play some games,」 one of them proposed.
「But our computers are out of order.」
「I mean let』s try other interesting games.」
「Like what?」 asked by the other two.
「Truth or Dare!」
「Great! It must be exciting,」 the other seconded the motion.
「I will begin. I dare you to scream outside the windows.」
「Tell the truth…」
「You must know the mortuary up
the mountains behind the school. I dare you stay there on your own for
one night.」
The moon was beclouded and only
revealed a caliginous light. It made the sky much darker and scary.
Three men with two flashlights were walking on the trail toward the
cabana. The trees on the two sides waved violently in the wind, as if
somebody was shaking them. The Leaves on the trees made fricative
sounds, as if someone was murmuring. The flashlights in their hands
flickered without good reason. The cold wind made them upset and
uneasy.
「Hey, should we give it up? I
don』t think we should keep on going ahead. Let』s walk back to our room,
all right?」
「I am the one who will stay
inside, but I am not as scared as you. What a chicken-heart!」
They stopped as soon as they saw
the cabana appearing under the dim moonlight. It』s a small lodge with
an unclosed door slamming back and forth in the wind. A frightful
sight, indeed. Two of them handed one flashlight to the one who would
stay inside. 「If you feel afraid or anything wrong, just leave the
room. We won』t lock the door, OK?」
「Come on! It will be all
right. Remember our deal. You owe me a meal. Go back and prepare your
money and wait for my return! 」 The three of them said goodbye to one
another and the brave one stayed behind.
Much later that night, the
manual worker came to the cabana to lock it up. Because of the
midterm, no classes will need cadavers to do practices.
The next morning, the brave
student didn』t come back to his room. The other two students were so
scared and feared that something might have happened to their classmate
that they informed others and all of them went up to the cabin. Opening
the door, all the students screamed at the sight.
The cadavers were torn into
fragments scattering everywhere. The brave student was gnawing on a leg
of one body and murmuring, 」I am not scared of you all. Look at me
eating you…」