There was a young man named Sali from province to work in Phnom Penh.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSzoj10oE0
Sali rented a room and stayed alone.
Where he stayed, there were two buildings facing each other. Sali’s room had a window and at the opposite building, there was another room and its window faced with Sali’s window.
Every evening, when Sali came back from working, he usually saw a young girl, about his age, standing at that window. She wore a green T-shirt and she looked down through the window.
Sali wondered what she was looking at for it had nothing down there, just land and some bushes. Moreover, Sali noticed she stood without moving and she presented herself from 5:30 PM until 5:30 AM.
How could Sali know? Because when he arrived at the room about 5 PM, he did not see her, until when he went into the bathroom and came out, he saw her. Few nights ago, he got up at 1 or 2 AM to pee, and when he walked past the window, he saw her still standing. When he got up in the morning about 5 AM, she was still there, until he came out of the bathroom, she disappeared.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXz8RFIQTle
That girl was weird. Sali wanted to ask her, but he was afraid that he would scare her because in Cambodia, mostly women do not talk with unfamiliar men.
On his eighth day, Sali arrived at the room like usual. He unlocked his room and got in. He opened the window – and the girl was not there.
Sali took a towel and cloth and went into the bathroom. After he came out, he dried his hair with his towel and at the same time, he walked to stand at the window and looked at that window. The girl was already at the window. Her eyes did not move from the ground.
Suddenly, a bird flew to perch on a metal stick that was coming out of the cement wall of the building.
It was strange, the girl changed her sight to that bird. It was the first time that she moved. That action made Sali interested. He followed up her action silently.
The girl paid her eyes on the bird that was singing freely up to its nature. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, she pointed her tongue very long, fast, towards the bird, caught it, and dragged it into her mouth.
‘My Buddha.’
Sali opened eyes and his mouth was big. Then like a flash, he closed the window and locked it. He felt something was not well.
Immediately, he walked out of his room and went downstairs to the first room of the building, on the ground floor. It was where the owner of the building stayed. He did not knock because he was frustrated by what he had seen.
The owner was surprised to see Sali coming. “What’s the matter?” he said.
“I saw a girl in the opposite building. Her tongue is long and it drags a bird into her mouth,” Sali described.
The owner’s face was not surprised like Sali when he heard that. He smiled a little then said, “It’s fine. Go back to your room.”
But Sali refused to go and forced the owner to tell him. Then the owner told the truth that the girl had rented a room in his building, it was that room, but she had died a month ago. She had killed herself after she had found her boyfriend had cheated on her.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G178M1E03
“She is not human,” Sali said.
His spine got a chill after he was told. He was scared. He came back fast to his room but he did not dare to open the window.
Whole night, Sali did not even shut his eyes.
Outside his window, there was a big wind and the wind blew scary, like someone was calling him or trying to open his window.
Sali sat on his bed and bent his knees to his chest and hugged them. His mind wished the sun to show up soon or he would be scared to death.
He went through one scary night with all his souls staying at the end of his hair.
When the clock was 5:30 AM, he was glad, but he was still scared, so he waited until 6 AM then he got up from the bed, collected the dress from the wardrobe and put it into a bag; afterwards he got out of the room and ran downstairs. He went to see the owner of the building and told him that he would not stay anymore.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhX7S3xUZM
The owner did not stop him – he understood. He returned half of the monthly payment to Sali.
Sali went to the office with his dress bag. He told his colleague and asked to stay with him for a few days.
He sought for a place to stay, but before he paid, he searched for detailed information related to the history of the building and he would not say yes if it ever experienced a dead person in it.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwAIqsXIMO
