Have you been there?

There's a cavern in the stream

Have you been there?

Every thirty days there's a

fish inside of it.

But people in the closest towns

say never go near it,

because if you get too close,

you won't be coming back.

Apparently, a year ago,

there was a woman missing.

Thirty, sixty days from then

her body washed ashore.

And possibly, some days before,

a boy came passing by.

The fish had swallowed both of them

and only left the bones.

But these are only rumors

passed down from ear to ear.

A Mushishi should know better

than to believe all that they hear.