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.
The mirror
Two children stood behind the glass
Their breaths are tight, unable to pass
With beating hearts they enter in the center
But only one comes out
Their small bodies stand side by side
Staring intensely into the ancient mirror
Their vision darkens
When the harshness crept upon them
When an old woman will condemn
Two go in, but only one comes out
One boy swizzles round and gets stuck in the mirror
The other watches him shrink and disappear
The woman watches him and begins to cheer
The boy looks weak and exhausted
While the other is transported and lodged in
The boy stares into a mirror at a small figure
When the witch starts to glimmer
With a smile from ear to ear, her plan has worked
Two go in, but only one comes out