STORY STARTER

Submitted by Evelyn Allen Vale

"Two go in, and one comes out" is the start to a dark nursery rhyme that everyone in the town knows.

Write a story which features this rhyme and its tale.

Come Out

Four go in and four go out


Taking the old, sketchy route


To the strange, abandoned home


“Never go in there alone”


It scared the youngest of the four


And so they quickly find the door


But they didn’t hear his shouts


So four go in and three go out



Three go in and three go out


A place unsafe, without a doubt


They wander in but none will save


Them in this forgotten cave


A beast stirs, like as a mouse


Intruders upon his new house


Not all make it this time round


As three go in and two go out



Two go in and two come out


What’s this eerie noise about?


Up on the castle steps, they climb


To see what’s lurking inside


A dragon, angered, all along


But this trip will not be long


Breathing fire, “Run!” One shouts


Two go in and one comes out

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