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