Ikumi Ikumi lost her father before she entered primary school and her mother brought her up alone,working hard day and night without rest,sacrificing everything to get her daugther into high school, even university. It wasn’t long before all that hard work started taking its toll on her and she collapsed. But as soon as she got a little better, she started working again, only to collapse soon after… the same pattern repeated itself again and again, until the day came when she couldn’t get up at all. The mother realized that she had not long to live and gave Ikumi an amulet ( NB : you usually get an amulet from a shrine and it is a little sachet with some sacred object inside) saying; “I am sorry, Ikumi. From now on you will have to survive on your own. But if one day you found life really hard and thought you couldnt go on anymore – please open this amulet.” Very soon after that the mother passed away. Ikumi cherished the amulet and never parted with it except when she took a bath. One day Ikumi and her friends went to a public swimming pool and when they were getting ready in the changing room their talk turned to Ikumi’s amulet. Her friends got very curious and begged Ikumi to show the inside of the amulet. Ikumi at first refused, but thinking it had been a long time since her mother passed away and maybe it was alright to take a little peek, she decided to open it. Inside the amulet, there was a small folded paper. What? Is this all? Ikumi couldnt help but feel a little disappointed. She took out the paper and unfolded it. On there it said - in shaky handwriting- “Ikumi, die.”
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 07:48:47 +0000
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