Once upon a time, a young girl by the name of Cherice took her cousin to the woods. Her cousin, Logan, was a very goody-tooshoos boy. He got good grades, volunteered in soup kitchens instead of partying on weekends and loved spending time with his parents. Cherice was the opposite. She partied, was failing school and was barely ever home with her parents. So, during school on a cool fall day Cherice kidnapped her cousin and dragged him (not literally) to the woods where she would force him to drink and smoke. She felt he was way too uptight and he needed to loosen up and have some fun. And since she was being honest, she admitted that he needed to stop making her look so bad and do something on her level so they were even.
"We really shouldn't be doing this Cherice, we could get suspended or like detention or something," Logan shouted.
"Oh please, drink the beer and shutup, I do this all the time. I have yet to be caught," Cherice says proudly, her nose in the air and a smug smile on her face.
"What about that cannibalistic woman who lives out in the woods? You used to tell me about her all the time..." he cried.
"Those stories were just made up you idiot," she replied, "and i already told you i come out here all the time."
So the two cousins walked deeper and deeper into the woods, arguing about who was the better child and what not. Suddenly, Logan stops, takes a good look around and says, "Cherice we've passed this tree like 10 times, do you even know where you're going?"
Cherice stops, looks uncertain for just a moment and when she regains her confidence and self assurance tells him, "I'm just looking for the perfect spot so no one can smell the smoke, okay? Chill, i've been here before i told you. But if it makes you feel better i'll drop these beer-bottle caps in my purse that way we can follow them out when I'm ready to leave. Just stop being such a baby about it!"
So they dropped bottle caps, and dropped more bottle caps until finally Cherice found a so called perfect spot to stop and just chill.
"This tastes disgusting," Logan exclaimed after having his first sip of beer, "why is this fun again? My throat itches from smoke and this tastes like warm pee or something. Can we go back yet?"
Cherice already knocked off two beers and half a pack of cigarettes. She said, "Ugh fine, i guess i'm buzzed enough to last the rest of the day. And i can finish off this last beer as we walk back. And if we have time maybe i'll just finish off yours. No point in wasting beer right?"
Logan didn't argue and handed over the beer. They started on their journey back but only got about 10 yards before realizing they're bottle caps weren't on the ground.
"Ohmagurd," Cherice said, "Some punk must have followed us and stolen our bottle caps!"
"Well it isn't a problem right Cherice? I mean since you know these woods sooo well cause you do this like all the time?" Logan's voice was thick with sarcasm, which really pissed Cherice off.
"Listen you nobody! I told you i knew these woods and i do! I just lost my way for like one sec ukay? So all we have to do is-" Cherice begins to turn looking for an alternate route and is nearly knocked over by one of the largest women known to man probably.
"WHO IS TRESPASSING ON MY FRONT LAWN? WHO ARE YOU DISGUSTING CREATURES!" The woman's voice matched her body. It was loud and big and her breath smelled almost as bad as her body odor. She had red stains all over her ratty mumu style dress and her hair resembled that of a rat's nest.
Poor Logan literally wet himself at the sight of this creature. "Please don't eat us!" He got down on his knees, begging for his life. meanwhile Cherice just lay there in awe that the stories she used to scare her cousin might actually be true.
"Oh....hmmm." The big woman's voice got softer and an odd and frightening smile grew on her face from ear to ear. "Eat you? No, i won't eat you..come here children, i will show you the way back to your town and return your lovely bottle caps."
Cherice and Logan looked uncertainly at each other. "Well," Logan said, "We really should get back now. Thank you for showing us the way..." Uncertainty still lingering in his voice but also with a hint of desperation because he really wanted to get back.
Cherice remained quiet and just kept staring as they began following the woman through the trees. No words were said. You could hear a pin drop in the woods. And you could smell the fear radiating from the two teens.
After what felt like hours and after enduring painful silence, they came to a stop in front of a small cabin. It wasn't the cute kind you read about in books. There were spiderwebs, bee's nests, dirt, and those odd red stains that were also on the dress of the woman.
"Oh dear, it looks like i lost my way," the woman said to them, but not seeming sorry at all about it, in fact seeming quite happy for some odd reason. "But alas, i also forgot that i was about to make a stew for supper. It is getting kind of dark out and I'm sure your parents would appreciate it if you were well fed before i returned you. Please come inside."
She pulled the door open and literally shoved them in. Both teens were scared but neither objected. After smoking and drinking on empty stomachs, they felt quite sick and were kind of relieved to be given a meal.
"HA YOU STUPID CHILDREN, YOU ARE MY STEW, YOU YOU YOU ARE AND YOU WILL BE DELICIOUS TO FEAST ON!"
With that she picked them both up with one arm and threw them into the boiling bot of water. The children were never seen or heard from again.
