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Ghosts

When I was in middle school, students were required to stay at school day and night during learning days (from Monday to Saturday. The school had dormitories and a cafeteria).

The school was in my hometown, Gongji, which was 3 kilometers away from my village.

Sometimes, I broke the rule—I went home at night (because I really missed my family). To shorten the distance, I always took a short path straight crossing through the fields (back then, people went somewhere only by walking, they didn't even have a bike).

Along the path, there were many tombs, so I had to be brave enough to walk through them. I heard many ghost stories from adults, but I didn't believe it.

Sometimes, I saw a black shadow quickly running away when I was walking on the path. I was really frightened, but I always told myself, be easy, it isn't a ghost. It must be a stray dog, pig, or something like that. Just because it is at night, I am not able to see what they really are.

I remember one day, I felt like peeing at midnight, but I couldn't open my eyes because of sleepiness. I opened the door and went to the front yard with my eyes closed (families in the countryside back then all had a large front yard, which was not what you thought that looked like a beautiful garden. They were in fact dirt ground). During this, I managed to open a crack in my eyes, in order not to be tripped by something.

I suddenly saw a black column right in front of me, and I was really scared at that moment. But I immediately told myself, no worries, it was in my home—there wouldn't be any ghosts in my home.

I always thought that if you were facing evil, the only way to overcome it was to be more evil than it. So I decided to pee towards it. I immediately knew that it was not a ghost as soon as I heard the sound when I was peeing it. But I still didn't know what the hell it really was—I had never seen this kind of thing in my front yard.

After I finished the pee, I didn't feel that sleepy, and I could open my eyes. I thought I needed to figure out what the hell it really was. Otherwise, I couldn't fall asleep again, and it would upset me for the rest of my life.

Yet ironically, it turned out that it was the basket my family used to wash the straw for our cattle. It was a tall basket with a wide opening and a narrow bottom. But somehow someone put it upside down.

Even now, I still don't believe in ghosts, but I have to admit that I do feel scared under some circumstances. In my opinion, if you trust ghosts, they exist. If you don't believe them, they don't exist.

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Ghosts

The school was in my hometown, Gongji, which was 3 kilometers away from my village.

Sometimes, I saw a black shadow quickly running away when I was walking on the path.

It must be a stray dog, pig, or something like that.

It was a tall basket with a wide opening and a narrow bottom.

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Jack

Aug. 29, 2023

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Ghosts

The school was in my hometown, Gongji, which was 3 kilometers away from my village.

Sometimes, I broke the rule—I went home at night (because I really missed my family).

Along the path, there were many tombs, so I had to be brave enough to walk through them.

I heard many ghost stories from adults, but I didn't believe it.

Sometimes, I saw a black shadow quickly running away when I was walking on the path.

I remember one day, I felt like peeing at midnight, but I couldn't open my eyes because of sleepiness.

I suddenly saw a black column right in front of me, and I was really scared at that moment.

But I immediately told myself, no worries, it was in my home—there wouldn't be any ghosts in my home.

I always thought that if you were facing evil, the only way to overcome it was to be more evil than it.

So I decided to pee towards it.

But I still didn't know what the hell it really was—I had never seen this kind of thing in my front yard.

After I finished the pee, I didn't feel that sleepy, and I could open my eyes.

I thought I needed to figure out what the hell it really was.

Otherwise, I couldn't fall asleep again, and it would upset me for the rest of my life.

It was a tall basket with a wide opening and a narrow bottom.

But somehow someone put it upside down.

Even now, I still don't believe in ghosts, but I have to admit that I do feel scared under some circumstances.

The school had dormitories and a cafeteria).


The school had dormitories and a cafeteria). The school had dormitories and a cafeteria.

The school had dormitories and a cafeteria). The school had dormitories and a cafeteria.

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When I was in middle school, students were required to stay at school day and night during learning days (from Monday to Saturday.


When I was in middle school, students were required to stay at school day and night during learningschool days (from Monday to Saturday). When I was in middle school, students were required to stay at school day and night during school days (from Monday to Saturday).

When I was in middle school, the students were required to stay at school day and night duringpend the night at school on learning days (from Monday to Saturday). When I was in middle school, the students were required to spend the night at school on learning days (from Monday to Saturday).

The school was in my hometown, Gongji, which was 3 kilometers away from my village.


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Sometimes, I broke the rule—I went home at night (because I really missed my family).


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Sometimes, I broke the rules - I went home at night (because I really missed my family). Sometimes, I broke the rules - I went home at night because I really missed my family.

To shorten the distance, I always took a short path straight crossing through the fields (back then, people went somewhere only by walking, they didn't even have a bike).


To shorten the distance, I always took a short path straight crossingwhich crossed straight through the fields (back then, people went somewhere only by walking, they didn't even have a bike). To shorten the distance, I always took a short path which crossed straight through the fields (back then, people went somewhere only by walking, they didn't even have a bike).

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To shorten the distance, I always took a short path straight crossingI always took a shortcut through the fields (back then, people went somewhere only by walking,alked everywhere. they didn't even have a bikes). I always took a shortcut through the fields (back then, people walked everywhere. they didn't even have bikes).

Along the path, there were many tombs, so I had to be brave enough to walk through them.


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Along the path, there were many tombsThere were many graves along the path, so I had to be brave enough to walk through them. There were many graves along the path, so I had to be brave enough to walk through them.

I heard many ghost stories from adults, but I didn't believe it.


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I heard manya lot of ghost stories from the adults, but I didn't believe ithem. I heard a lot of ghost stories from the adults, but I didn't believe them.

Sometimes, I saw a black shadow quickly running away when I was walking on the path.


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I was really frightened, but I always told myself, be easy, it isn't a ghost.


I was really frightened, but I always told myself, be easyrelax, it isn't a ghost. I was really frightened, but I always told myself, relax, it isn't a ghost.

"Be easy" isn't a phrase we use to mean to stay calm. You can say relax, stay calm, keep your cool, don't worry, etc.

I was really frightened, but I'd always toldell myself, be easy"calm down, it isn't a ghost". I was really frightened, but I'd always tell myself, "calm down, it isn't a ghost".

It must be a stray dog, pig, or something like that.


It must be a stray dog, pig, or something like that. It must be a stray dog, pig, or something like that.

If you are in the moment - crossing the field - you can say, "it must be X." But if you are now recalling the story that already happened, you should phrase this as, "it must have been X."

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Just because it is at night, I am not able to see what they really are.


Just bBecause it iwas at night, I am not able tocouldn't see what they really awere. Because it was at night, I couldn't see what they really were.

Again, we should use past tense because you are retelling events that already happened. I removed "just," the reason being that "just because" carries a certain tone that doesn't apply to this sentence. Often, it is used for a sentence structure like the following, "Just because you are on a diet doesn't mean you can't eat good food." It's like saying "Even though / despite"

Just bBecause it is at night, I am not able towas night time, I couldn't see what they really awere. Because it was night time, I couldn't see what they really were.

I remember one day, I felt like peeing at midnight, but I couldn't open my eyes because of sleepiness.


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I remember one day, I felt like peeing at midnightnight I had to go pee, but I couldn't open my eyes because of sleepineshow tired I was. I remember one night I had to go pee, but I couldn't open my eyes because of how tired I was.

I opened the door and went to the front yard with my eyes closed (families in the countryside back then all had a large front yard, which was not what you thought that looked like a beautiful garden.


I opened the door and went to the front yard with my eyes closed (families in the countryside back then all had a large front yard, which was not what you thought that looked likewould consider a beautiful garden. I opened the door and went to the front yard with my eyes closed (families in the countryside back then all had a large front yard, which was not what you would consider a beautiful garden.

I opened the door and went to the front yard with my eyes closed (fFamilies in the countryside back then all had a large front yard, which was not what you thought that looked like a beautiful garden. But it wasn't like what you're thinking, it was just a dirt floor). I opened the door and went to the front yard with my eyes closed (Families in the countryside back then all had a large front yard. But it wasn't like what you're thinking, it was just a dirt floor).

They were in fact dirt ground).


They were in fact dirtbarren ground). They were in fact barren ground).

During this, I managed to open a crack in my eyes, in order not to be tripped by something.


During this, I managed to open a crack in my eyesmy eyes a crack, in order not to be tripped by something. During this, I managed to open my eyes a crack, in order not to be tripped by something.

During this, I managed to open a crack in my eyes a bit, in order not to be tripped byrip over something. I managed to open my eyes a bit, in order not trip over something.

I suddenly saw a black column right in front of me, and I was really scared at that moment.


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I suddenly saw a black column right in front of me, and I wasgot really scared at that moment. I suddenly saw a black column right in front of me, and I got really scared.

But I immediately told myself, no worries, it was in my home—there wouldn't be any ghosts in my home.


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But I immediately told myself, no worries, it was in myI'm home—there wouldn't be any ghosts in my homhere. But I immediately told myself, no worries, I'm home—there wouldn't be any ghosts here.

I always thought that if you were facing evil, the only way to overcome it was to be more evil than it.


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I always thought that if you werehave to facinge evil, the only way to overcome it wais to be more evil than it. I always thought that if you have to face evil, the only way to overcome it is to be more evil than it.

So I decided to pee towards it.


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So I decided to pee towardson it. So I decided to pee on it.

I immediately knew that it was not a ghost as soon as I heard the sound when I was peeing it.


I immediately knew that it was not a ghost as soon as I heard the sound when I was peeing on it. I immediately knew that it was not a ghost as soon as I heard the sound when I was peeing on it.

I immediately knew that it was not a ghost as soon as I heard the sound when I was peeing on it. I immediately knew that it was not a ghost as soon as I heard the sound when I was peeing on it.

But I still didn't know what the hell it really was—I had never seen this kind of thing in my front yard.


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But I still didn't know what the hell it really was. I had never seen this kind of thingsomething like that in my front yard. But I still didn't know what the hell it really was. I had never seen something like that in my front yard.

After I finished the pee, I didn't feel that sleepy, and I could open my eyes.


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After I finished the peeing, I didwasn't feel that sleepyas sleepy anymore, and I could opened my eyes. After I finished peeing, I wasn't as sleepy anymore, and I opened my eyes.

I thought I needed to figure out what the hell it really was.


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I thought I needed to figure out what the hell it really was. I needed to figure out what the hell it really was.

Otherwise, I couldn't fall asleep again, and it would upset me for the rest of my life.


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Otherwise, I couldn't fall asleep again, and it would upsehaunt me for the rest of my life. Otherwise, I couldn't fall asleep again, and it would haunt me for the rest of my life.

to haunt can literally mean a ghost haunts someone, but it can also mean that something bothers/upsets you a lot

Yet ironically, it turned out that it was the basket my family used to wash the straw for our cattle.


It was a tall basket with a wide opening and a narrow bottom.


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But somehow someone put it upside down.


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But somehowfor some reason, someone put it upside down. But for some reason, someone put it upside down.

Even now, I still don't believe in ghosts, but I have to admit that I do feel scared under some circumstances.


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Even now, I still don't believe in ghosts, but I have to admit that I do feel scared under somecertain circumstances. Even now, I still don't believe in ghosts, but I have to admit that I do feel scared under certain circumstances.

In my opinion, if you trust ghosts, they exist.


In my opinion, if you trustbelieve in ghosts, they exist. In my opinion, if you believe in ghosts, they exist.

In my opinion, if you trustbelieve in ghosts, then they exist. In my opinion, if you believe in ghosts, then they exist.

If you don't believe them, they don't exist.


If you don't believe in them, they don't exist. If you don't believe in them, they don't exist.

If you don't believe in them, they don't exist. If you don't believe in them, they don't exist.

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