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''They Do Return...But Gently Lead Them Back'' is a short story collection written by Singaporean writer Catherine Lim, first published in 1983〔http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_461_2005-01-17.html. Retrieved on April 2, 2013.〕 by Times Edition Pte Ltd. The theme is on the supernatural and the paranormal. ==Plot summaries== *"The Old Man In The Balcony": Knockings on a coffin remind an old man that he is about to die, but he refuses to heed its call. *"A Boy Named Ah Mooi": A boy is given a girl's name so that he can escape the attentions of malignant ghouls. *"The Legacy": An old man, Ah Hoe Peh, fights death in the evening so as to bequeath a legacy of surplus to his sons. *"The Story of Father Monet": A devout Catholic priest is suspected of hanky-panky with a submissive Chinese wife when she gives birth to an albino child. *"Grandfather's Story": Grandfather tells a tale of karmic rebirth which makes him a mortal enemy of his lawful wife. *"Of Moles and Buttocks": Moles on the right place give fortune, but a wife's flat, fleshless buttocks will bring no luck to her husband. *"Full Moon": Superstition cautions one against pointing at a full moon. *"The Anniversary": A devoted lover believes a dead fiancée will return during her death anniversary. *"The Exhumation": The exhumation of graves for a country's development leads to the return of a dead grandmother, or it is so believed. *"Of Blood from Woman": The emission from a woman's menstruation is said to make a powerful love potion. *"Lee Geok Chan": A young girl student dies before her English examinations, but still manages to write an out-of-point essay for the Cambridge Syndicate. *"Two Male Children": Two children swap fates as two mothers fight to keep their male offsprings alive. *"A Soldier Stalks": A specter of a dead Japanese soldier causes paranormal activities in a quaint colonial house. *"They Do Return...But Gently Lead Them Back": Spirits are said to return to haunt the living but they can be led back gently to their final abodes. *"K.C.": A close friend dies of cancer but his admonishment to open his letter only a year after his death is left unheeded by the author. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「They Do Return...But Gently Lead Them Back」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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