한국어

The Staircase Has Twelve Steps Going Up, But Thirteen Coming Down

A mysterious staircase that changes the number of steps depending on direction reveals an unsettling truth.

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I had always wondered about it, but whenever I asked, Mother would only say, "That's just how it is."

By the time I grew up, I had forgotten the logic of that staircase and lived on without thinking of it.

But today, when I counted the steps, there were thirteen of them going up as well.

3 sentences Translated from Korean
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