No good deed goes unpunished

“Long ago before your time

Lived Waldhexe

Ragged clothes and bending spine

Was Waldhexe

She feeds off youth and old alike

Don’t try to run, no need to fight

Once in her grasp you’ll never leave

Old Waldhexe

Poor Waldhexe”

Dante finished reading and placed the old book down on the table beside him.

Gilly: What was all that?

Dante: That was an old nursery rhyme. Something the kids used to sing. Of course with time the words change but the tune always remains. Now it is a popular jingle for kitchen soap.

Gilly: oh oh “Dirty is your frying pan, use water wexa, water wexa”

Dante: That’s the one. A jingle that traces itself through my story and brings with it many painful memories. Sometimes Nursery rhymes have darker meanings.

Gilly: Are you saying that Waldhexe is real?

Dante stirs his tea pondering if now is the time to tell the story.

Dante: Let’s see what you think.

End scene.