KABA, KUTOB, KILABOT BOOK 1

UP Los Baños: Palma Bridge

Di po sa kin tong kwentong to, nakwento lang din sa kin pero legit daw to, at kung nandito man yung mga taong involved, feel free to speak up. :)

Konting background: I was a student from UPLB, and as we all know, nagstay dito ang mga POW nung time nang war against Japs. It was said na a lot of those POWs died from sickness and hunger.

For the story's sake, let's name one of these dorks Mario.

Yung barkadahan nila Mario, napagtripan yung narinig nilang sabi sabi na pag nagpatunog ka daw ng mga kubyertos dun sa may Palma Bridge ng gabi, lalapit sila (ghosts) kung san nila narinig yun, dahil nga namatay silang naghahanap ng pagkain to survive. So these guys tried it out one night, weird thing is, nothing came. So nagtawanan na lang sila. Kalokohan naman pala yun eh. They all went home safely that night.

Ngayon, nakatulog na si Mario. Sa panaginip niya, kasama niya uli yung barkada niya, naglalakad papuntang Palma Bridge. Just how it happened earlier that night, except may parang creepy na feeling. They did exactly the same thing, only in his dream, after nila magpatunog ng kubyertos, hordes of thin men came over, parang nagmamarcha papunta sa kanila, Mario can feel their pain and hunger through their cries. Nagising siya na pinagpapawisan ng malamig, then went back to sleep kasi madaling araw palang pala.

The next day, nagkita uli sila ng barkada niya. He had no intention of sharing his dream with the group, takot kasi makantyawan. His friend complained about his nightmare, though. And when his friend told his story, Mario realized his friend just gave a very accurate recollection of his nightmare. Natahimik lahat at nagkatinginan, kasi lahat sila, iisa lang yung napanaginipan.

c|o: Doreen Palad