Thanks to . . .
Metaphorical - What musicals do I like? Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma, Sound of Music, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, King and I, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (guilty pleasure), Cinderella, Neptune's Daughter, Fiddler on the Roof, Flower Drum Song, Girl Most Likely (another guilty pleasure, plotless and silly), Harvey Girls, Wizard of Oz . . . are you asleep yet? Thanks for saying I'm intriging. My friends just tell me I'm weird.
Miss Piratess - I feel like I should have a lot to say to you, since you are half of my reviewers. But I'm feeling quite dead. Say, do you know an insult that's rather generic and sounds good in a "fairy tale time" setting?
It's sad that only you two read this. Must be the poetry's scaring everyone else off. Look, guys, if you're reading this and aren't reviewing, could you? I promise not to embarrass you too much.
Let's see . . . do I need a disclaimer this time? Ah, yes. The idea of mothers telling their children about the beast came from Beauty by Robin McKinley. It is not mine.
Without further ado!
Mother: The Wood, Part 1
beware the wood, children
beware the wood!
there be monsters of all sorts
horrible, terrible, claws and teeth
beware the wood!
stay out of the wood, children
stay out of the wood!
there be mosters from every port
terrible, horrible, they hear you breath
stay out of the wood!
heed the wood, children
heed the wood!
there be monsters behind every tree
teeth and claws, hideously tall
heed the wood!
beware the wood, children
beware the wood!
there be monsters who will eat thee
they snack on those who're small
beware the wood!
Not exactly my best, is it?
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