The rice legend

I once heard this story that came from asian culture.

My mom used to tell me it whenever I would eat.

"If you don't finish all your rice on your plate, the rice will cry and run away."

Of course back then as my five year old self, I believed her.

So whenever I ate rice, I would make sure I picked every single grain of it on my plate and eat it.

My mom kept on scaring me by adding more stuff to the story.

Something like,

"OI! THE RICE WILL JUMP OUT OF THE PLATE AND HIDE UNDER YOUR PILLOW THEN SCARE YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!"

I was mortified.

Of course now that I'm older it's clear that it's just a story to get your kids to finish their food.

Although . . .

This one time I was eating a meal with rice and I didn't really finish it since I was full.

So, after I got home, I took a shower and got ready for bed.

As I was dozing off Istg I saw a grain of rice on my pillow.

It was like 12 am . . . so I was like,

"Excuse me what?"

Soooo, I grabbed that sucker and threw it across my bed.

Still scares me to this day

So be careful . . .

of the rice legend.