The show Twilight Zone is the property of Rod Serling. This is just a story that I think would make a good episode.
She'll Kill Ya
It was a lovely day in the big city. The sun was shining, a cool wind was blowing, and for once the traffic was actually moving at a reasonable pace. Yes it was a lovely day and the only sad thing about it was that some people had to work through the lunch hour and could not join their friends or families at many of the outdoor eating establishments.
Well maybe that wasn't the only sad thing about the day thought one lady as she sat under an umbrella at a table set in the outside area of a restaurant on Main Street. The woman looked down at the front page of her newspaper and reread the article that described the other bad event of the day.
''Local Man Found Dead''
It was reported earlier today that the body of Mr. James Smith was found in a campgrounds outside of the city. The body was found in a river by a family who was at the campgrounds for the weekend.
After having the body examined the owner of the campgrounds reported that Mr. Smith, age 34, had apparently drowned in the river after slipping and hitting his head on a rock when trying to cross it.
Mr. Smith leaves behind a wife and two small children. His tragic accident and death are unfortunate events but hopefully they will serve as a reminder of how careful people must be in nature and might save the life of another camper.
When the woman finished reading she leaned back in her chair. ''I wonder'' she thought ''how people would feel if they knew that Mr. Smith's ''tragic accident'' was no accident at all? I wonder what people would think if they knew the truth?''
The truth the lady knew was that Mr. Smith's accident had actually been murder and she had been the murderess.
She had not originally wanted to kill Mr. Smith because she never wanted to kill anyone. However, her job required her to watch over any human who went into the wilderness to make sure they caused no harm. Being in this line of work she had come to learn that not everyone respected the wilderness. Most of these people only needed small scares to remind them of what the wilderness could do to people. But some like Mr. Smith… The woman shuddered as the thought went through her head. Some people like Mr. Smith thought the wilderness's only purpose was to be something they could use when they wanted and then leave when they were done trashing it. OH sure these people showed the wilderness respect- sometimes- but this only occurred when they were afraid of damaging their own possessions. It was finding out that Mr. Smith was one of these people that had made it clear to the woman that he had to die.
Killing him had not been a hard thing to do. She had simply waited for him to try to cross the river. Then when he was half the way across she had made the next of his stepping stones shift just as he was stepping onto it. This had caused him to lose his balance, fall forward, and hit his head on another rock rendering him unconscious. After that he simply never woke up again. His body was discovered two days later.
As the last of these thoughts went through the lady's mind she stood up and began walking away from the restaurant and back to her home. As she walked she sighed and said softly under her breath "It really is a shame that you never listened to your family Mr. Smith. Because you see the warnings they gave you were as true as the warning in the article. You do need to be careful with Mother Nature and treat her with respect Mr. Smith because if you don't I'll Kill Ya.
THE END