" Let this be a warning to everyone...
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> My friend was going home from Laguna to Manila and was
> traversing a
> stretch of road na madilim. Then it happened, tumirik
> bigla yung kotse for no
> apparent reason. He checked the gas gauge, half filled
> naman, no other
> engine malfunction sa gauges. Basta the car just "died"
> on him.
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> Nearby was this acacia tree so he decided na mag jingle
> muna. Then he heard
> a, "psssttt, halika dito". There he saw this very old
> man. Medyo
> natakot and nagulat siya, kasi nanlilisik yung mga mata,
> mahaba ang
> buhok, mukhang ermitanyo. Tinawag siya and he saw the old
> man was
> carrying a book. At first hesitant, pero there was this
> force urging
> him to come over.
>
> When he came over, the old man handed him the book, para
> lang siyang
> pocket book, but colored black. The old man then told him
> that he has
> to pay for it, 700 pesos daw. Thinking that he still
> needs money to
> have his car fixed, siyempre ayaw niyang tanggapin yung
> book. Pero
> nanlisik lalo yung mata nung matanda at pinipilit siyang
> bayaran yung
> book. Dahil sa takot, binayaran din niya yung libro.
> After paying for
> it, sabi sa kanya na huwag na huwag niyang titignan yung
> last page ng
> libro, or he will regret it. He wanted to ask for
> directions, but the
> old man started walking towards the darker part of the
> fields, and
> biglang nawala. Luckily may bus na dumaan and he asked to
> be brought
> down sa bayan. There he looked for a place to spend the
> night, para
> balikan yung car niya the next day.
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> In his room, he couldn't sleep, and remembered the book
> he bought for
> 700 pesos, kaya kinuha niya ito and read it. It was about
> the
> supernatural and engkantos. He has read a chapter na rin
> and was
> feeling sleepy, so tinabi niya sa side table. Then he
> remembered yung
> sinabi nung matanda about the last page. He was undecided
> at the same
> time natatakot dun sa warning nung matanda about opening
> to the last
> page.
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> Eventually, he gathered enough courage to open it to the
> last page,
> opened his eyes and got the shock of his life.
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> .National Book Store... P49.75 pesos