Dare To Taste
Nov 18th, 2024 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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“Ewwww…what’s that sickening smell?”
“You wouldn’t want to know,” Jack insisted. “Can you walk faster?”
“Why?”
“You don’t want to be stopped by she who lives there,” pointed Jack.
It could’ve been dried autumn leaves rustling in the wind, but they didn’t want to take a chance by looking back. They scurried past her unkempt lawn, not noticing the silhouette of someone sitting on the front porch.
“You boys hungry? Stew’s almost ready,” a woman’s voice shrieked.
The friends pretended not to hear.
“Rumour has it that she had four husbands,” Jack murmured. “No one has seen even one.”
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