[ OT ] This Week 's Theme - Folklore & Fairytale

Once upon a time there was a boy. he spent most of his time reading books and exploring the forest behind his home. One day while exploring he discovered large tracks in the forest. He had read about many different kinds of animals and the tracks they leave but he had never seen any like these before for they looked almost like those of man but much too large. He decided to follow them through the woods. eventually the sun got low and he stumbled upon a cave with the tracks leading inside. The boy decided to seek shelter in the cave for the night. He was awoken by a loud snuffling sound and when he opened his eyes he was staring into the eyes of an enormous beast. The boy let out a loud scream and the beast lunged at him quickly gobbling him up. The little boys sister went searching for her brother and she happened upon the cave. She found the bones of her brother and took them home where her grandmother cast a spell with them to find the beast. The grandmother sent the father into the woods to slay the beast but days past and he did not return. the little sister went into the woods to find her father but she instead came upon a group of beasts like the ones that killed her brother. She climbed up a tree and watched them walk along side the river that cut through the woods, she saw one of them stumble and fall in and it quickly drowned. The little sister quickly ran home and told her mother and grandmother what she had seen. the grandmother decided to start a fire in the forest to push the beasts to the river. All of the beasts were drowned but without the bounty of the forest both the mother and the grandmother fell ill and perished. The little girl moved far away from her home, taking what she learned with her.
