"Gorman you have a letter!" Crab's beautiful wife said.
He grabs it and reads out loud, "'To undo the curse, you must send your child into MY dark woods. With them they must bring one cup of NATURAL golden milk from the cow of Sir Jinglebottom Smife. Bring it to me and I shall remove your curse.'"
So they sent their oldest child, Gemma, to get the milk. Gemma rushes to Sir Jinglebottom Smife's farm to get The milk. She would have gone unnoticed but she trips on a crate full of metal plates that have tiny unicorns painted all over them. When Sir Jinglebottom Snide notices he starts shooting a volley of flaming arrows at Gemma missing her completely.
"And never come back!" he screeches in a voice so high his windows crack.
Gemma runs to the edge of the dark forest.
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The Hex
Short StoryAuthors note: So I wrote a short story for writing club (actually I got the idea at writing club and it technically is for writing club but the person who it us for is mom) so I'll share it with you. It won't be very long seeing as it is a SHORT sto...
