Ghost Stories

夕食を済ませ、私達はかくれんぼをして遊んでいた。暗闇で誰かの手に触れた―とても冷たい手。誰かに見つかるまで暗闇でこの冷たい人物と一緒にいなければならない―何も話さない、知らない相手と。徐々に仲間が一緒に隠れようと集まってきた。全員で13人。13人？家にいるのは12人のはずなのに！暗闇でお互いを触れながら数えていく。やはり13人。緊張しながらすぐに明かりをつけてみると…。

After dinner we turned the lights out and played 'hide-and-seek'. In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in the dark with... with this cold person - not speaking, not knowing who it was. Slowly the others found us, hid with us, until we were all there - all thirteen. Thirteen? But there were only twelve people in the house! We touched each other in the dark, counting. Thirteen. Quickly, nervously, I lit a match to see...'