DANGER!
DO NOT GO BEYOND THIS POINT

THE CROSSROAD


so, you've decided to ignore the warnings
It's true that you've always liked sticking your nose where you shouldn't, And it's not like recent events are going to change that, right?
you are a bit old to be scared of the big bad wolf, aren't you?
but enough chitchat. the forest awaits

which way to go, then?

THE ROAD

THE LAKE

THE CLEARING

THE FAIRY RING

THE CABIN

THE ROAD


There was an old woman and she lived in the woods
Weela Weela Walya
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods
Down by the river Saile.

i. cricket murmur
ii. a fear of containment
iii. the hole in the fence, and then downwards until the creek
iv. pocket knife
v. what happened the day you were to turn sixteen?

THE LAKE


She had a baby three months old
Weela Weela Walya
She had a baby three months old
Down by the river Saile.

vi. here where deer don't come to drink
vii. compound eyes
viii. the underwater colonies that we dreamed of as children, bathing in summer
ix. drowned siblings
x. shed skin

THE CLEARING


She had a penknife long and sharp
Weela Weela Walya
She had a penknife long and sharp
Down by the river Saile.

xi. a jarring note
xii. what the trees can witness
xiii. the three friends
xiv. under a cloak of foxgloves
xv. beyond there the forest thickens, and one would be wise to remember their name

THE FAIRY RING


She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart
Weela Weela Walya
She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart
Down by the river Saile.

xvi. curses, whispers, promises
xvii. the virtue of words and bones
xviii. don't wander away
xix. the robin kind
xx. ignis fatuus

THE CABIN


Three loud knocks came a'knocking on the door
Weela Weela Walya
Three loud knocks came a'knocking on the door
Down by the river Saile.

xxi. murder hut
xxii. a mark of disgrace
xxiii. don't you remember? don't you remember what we agreed on?
xxiv. stained
xxv. wake up! wake up! please wake up!

THE END


Well that was the end of the woman in the wood,
Weile weile waila.
And that was the end of the baby, too,
Down by the river Saile.

xxiv. pure evil
xxvii. we will meet again
xxviii. isn't he acting a bit strange lately?
xxix. the boy who cried wolf
xxx. what happened in the woods, jack?

it seems that you've made it out alive.
you feel, however, that the forest poses over you a question you haven't answered yet: are you really safe out there, anywhere, in fact? is there really anyone who can protect you forever?
are you ready to be brave?

CONGRATULATIONS

you've made it out alive!

hi ! i'm neil hazard and i'm the writer behind the prompts and the designs that constitute this year's October event.

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