((Story taken from the retelling by S. E. Schlosser))
Marian decides early on it's story time, both to make up for her lateness and because she'd been reading a lot of strange fiction in Milliways while not heading home, and grabbed the flash light while calling for everyone to gather round.
Once they'd all settled down Marian nodded for one of the other adults to turn off the light, flicking on the flashlight as she began speaking.
"She lived deep in the forest in a tiny cottage and sold herbal remedies for a living. Folks living in the town nearby called her Bloody Mary, and said she was a witch. None dared cross the old crone for fear that their cows would go dry, their food-stores rot away before winter, their children take sick of fever, or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbors.
Then the little girls in the village began to disappear, one by one. No one could find out where they had gone. Grief-stricken families searched the woods, the local buildings, and all the houses and barns, but there was no sign of the missing girls. A few brave souls even went to Bloody Mary's home in the woods to see if the witch had taken the girls, but she denied any knowledge of the disappearances. Still, it was noted that her haggard appearance had changed. She looked younger, more attractive. The neighbors were suspicious, but they could find no proof that the witch had taken their young ones."
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Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-01 02:56 pm (UTC)Marian decides early on it's story time, both to make up for her lateness and because she'd been reading a lot of strange fiction in Milliways while not heading home, and grabbed the flash light while calling for everyone to gather round.
Once they'd all settled down Marian nodded for one of the other adults to turn off the light, flicking on the flashlight as she began speaking.
"She lived deep in the forest in a tiny cottage and sold herbal remedies for a living. Folks living in the town nearby called her Bloody Mary, and said she was a witch. None dared cross the old crone for fear that their cows would go dry, their food-stores rot away before winter, their children take sick of fever, or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbors.
Then the little girls in the village began to disappear, one by one. No one could find out where they had gone. Grief-stricken families searched the woods, the local buildings, and all the houses and barns, but there was no sign of the missing girls. A few brave souls even went to Bloody Mary's home in the woods to see if the witch had taken the girls, but she denied any knowledge of the disappearances. Still, it was noted that her haggard appearance had changed. She looked younger, more attractive. The neighbors were suspicious, but they could find no proof that the witch had taken their young ones."