Childhood Superstitions

When I was 8, I stayed up late at night watching television.

My mother always told me never to turn on the television exactly at 4:44 am.

If you ever did, you would hear clicks and heavy breathing in the next room; If you do check, a black shadow with red eyes will glare at you.

They also told me if I wore another person’s glasses, I will see that person’s death.

It’s true.

I put on my mother’s glasses, and since then I’ve always been a little fearful of my father.