11 August 2012
There is a story about a young boy who was leaving school one evening when he heard a noise behind him. Looking back, he saw a beautiful girl sitting at a window. The girl had her arms propped up on the window sill and was staring at him. He wondered why she was there, because it was a all-boys school.
When she saw him looking at her, the girl smiled and lugged herself so that she was holding her knees. Then suddenly she leaped out of the window and landed on the ground outside. The boy realized with horror, that she was missing her lower half of her body.
She made her way towards him, clawing along the ground and running on her elbows making a tek-tek-tek sound. The boy was filled with terror and revulsion. He tried to run, but he was frozen in the spot. Within seconds, she was upon him and she took out a scythe and cut him in half, making him into one of her own.
When kids tell this story, they warn each other about Teke-Teke. They say she carries a saw or scythe, and if she catches you, she'll cut you into half just like her. She is said to chase children who play at dusk. If you hear tek-tek loudly, she is far. If you hear tek-tek quietly, she is near. This is used to trick you. She is also known as Bata-Bata.
It is also similar to the story of Kuchisaka-Onna (the Slit Mouth Women) and the story of Kashima Reiko. The American version is Click Clack.
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