Listen to the end of today's show to find out the hidden twist in our opening story.

One day at school, it was my turn to clean the art room.

I wanted to go home quickly, so I hurried.

But then I noticed an important-looking painting on the wall.

It was a portrait of a beautiful woman, but there was something strange about her eyes.

Her pupils were wide open, and it was like she was looking right at me.

Scared, I quickly finished cleaning and hurried home.

The next day the school was in an uproar.

That very painting had been stolen.

I was the last person to see it, so the art teacher called me in to ask me some questions.

I see.

So it was still there when you were cleaning.

Yes, was it an expensive painting.

That painting was called Sleeping Beauty.

My friend painted it in the likeness of his sleeping daughter,

so it doesn't especially have any monetary value.

It's special to me, because neither the artist nor his daughter are in this world anymore.

Is that so?

In the end, they never found the painting.

But even stranger than that, they never found any evidence of a thief either.

Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlinlin and welcome to another episode of Koabana,

true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

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