Hell

Story text copied from Oriental Humor by R. H. Blyth
Published by the Hokuseido Press
1959

A very ugly woman died suddenly after a quarrel caused by jealousy and went to Hell. She wished to become a ghost to haunt her husband and asked Yama, the King of Hell, to this effect. Yama looked at her and grumbled at her, saying, "You are so ugly that I cannot allow you to be a ghost." The devil attending her pulled her by the sleeve and whispered, "Ask to be a goblin."

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