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 Forest Witch
We were taught the nursery rhyme from the time we could talk, I guess I never gave it much thought on if it were really true. Not until the day Little Tommy and I went into the woods to find berry’s to pick, and only Tommy made it back home. He refuses to speak to anyone now, only muttering the old rhyme from time to time when his mind traps him back in those trees.
Two go in and one comes out
The second doesn’t dare a shout
For if she hears your call of woe
She too will have your soul in tow
Your soul is what you’ll worry about least
When you learn on what she loves to feast
Her wrath she brings, quick and fast
Not one single single soul will last
Two go in and one comes out
The second one doesn’t dare a shout.