Beware, boys and girls; beware Bell Woods.
It is not a place of fun for young children.
Creatures are lurking in its shadows.
Tall and small, evil and kind.
Their is a family that roams those woods five of them. looking to either help or slay their travelers
Heed my warning and you might live.
Don't and I hope they end you quickly.
At the outskirts stands the oldest, the Laborer
The smartest and meekest of the family
He who towers over all manner of man and beast
Yet is more gentler than the morning dew on the grass
Maybe you know of the Laborer
Who breaches the woods in the time before the sun is awake
Who tills the fields as we slumber
And returns before the sun breaks the sky
Yes, the Laborer has brought good fortune to …show more content…
To him, the five beasts of Bell Woods were just that;
A challenge that he sought to defeat.
At its threshold, he passed the Laborer,
Who sensed the determination of the huntsman.
He besought him to reconsider continuing forward;
“You will not make it far like that!” he warned.
The huntsman scoffed at the first beast’s warning
Presuming his words were a means of intimidation.
He continued into the woods, where the next of the five waited,
Leaving the gentle Laborer in a daze.
Well, days passed, then weeks, and then months;
And there was no evidence of the huntsman’s return.
Many wondered of his fate, but only I was determined to seek the truth.
In the dead of night, I slipped from my bed and hurried to the fields.
There, the lonesome Laborer tended the soil,
I anxiously asked, “What of the huntsman?”
The lofty creature looked down to me,
And with a somber note he answered;
“He was swift and spirited,
Eluding the Lurker’s grasp,
But was far too assured;
And was seized by the presence of the Carver.
The Carver gave to him a nod,
But the huntsman did not return it.
The Carver gave to him his