Tek Tek
mantis
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There is a story about a young boy who was leaving his 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 just staring out at him. He wondered why
she was there, because it was an all-boys school.
When she saw him looking back at her, the girl smiled and hugged
herself so that she was holding her elbows. Then suddenly, she leaped
out of the window and landed on the ground outside. The boy realized
with horror, that she was missing the 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-tek-tek sound. The boy was filled with
terror and revulsion. He tried to run, but he was frozen to 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.
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When kids tell this story, they warn each other about Tek-Tek. They
say she carries a sharp saw or a scythe, and if she catches you,
she’ll cut you in half and you’ll become just like her. She is said to
chase children who play at dusk. She is also known as “bata-
bata” (again, the sound of it running on its elbows) or “The Girl That
Runs On Her Elbows.”