A long time ago....



A long time ago
I was lost in the woods
on a cold winter windy
night...

I was as cold as cold
can be..
with the cold
wind blowing all around me..

You must believe
what I have to say...

A old woman lived
in a house deep
into the woods...

She saw me from afar
she walked with a cane

With her strong hand
she lead me the way

Into her house I was
her two cats and her dog
they greet me at the door..

With a warm blanket
she covered my cold
body...

A warm bowl of soup
she gave me
and offer a seat...

She smiled at me
showing
only two front teeth...

The look in her eyes gave
me the creeps...

what came next
It hard to believe

As she was talking
she was rubbing her hands

She told me that her
cat name Eddie was once
a little boy and the other
cat name Marry was once
a little girl...

And that her dog name Troy
was once a little boy..

With a strange look
on her face
she said he needs a playmate...

She asked me my name..
Glady's I said...

She continue by saying
that she gave them a warm
bowl of soup on a cold winter
night and turned them into
two cats and a dog...

After hearing that
I knew
what I had to do...

I'm glad, I didn't eat the soup...

In fear
I dropped the bowl of soup
and ran as fast as I can towards
the door and never looked back...

The End!
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABX CBCB DE XXA XX XE XFX XCB GBX BHX XX XD HX IJIJX KK XXX XX HXILF XLL G XGXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,195
Words 266
Stanzas 21
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 1, 4

Zoraida Rivera

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