When I was a kid me and my brother used to visit my Gramma in the Woods south of where I live now. In order to keep us kids out of the woods at night she used to tell us that the TrailWoolies would get us if we ventured out after dark.
One Summer in particular I will never forget. You see me and my brother Sean were eavesdropping on Gramma and our Mom one day. And we heard Gramma assure my Mom that we will always keep out of the Woods trail at night ...For the TrailWoolies were out.
We heard my Mom giggle and...our Mom only giggled when she was up to something...so now we knew the TrailWoolies were a fib. That night we found it hard to sleep. And Sean came up with the plan of sneaking out to the Trail in the Woods.
I told him..."Are You Bonkers?"
"NO!! Lucy!" Sean cried..."Look its a fullmoon out!"....I looked out my window and saw the Moon was Full and Bright. Then I don`t know what came over me....but I agreed to go.
I saw Sean packing something white in his backpack..."OK WHATS THAT?"...
"Bread Crumbs" Sean said.
I reeled in shock..."BREAD CRUMBS????" "Thats the Hansel and Gretal Mistake!" "Here" I said...I handed Sean a box of "Property flags" all orange. "Is that good enough for you Sean?"
We snuck out the back door towards the woods...we had lanterns not flashlights...because Grammy hid all the flashlights, so we wouldn`t be tempted to go out into the night. Grammy never knew we knew about the stash of Lanterns in the attic!
The big Moon illuminated the Trail Perfectly, errie but exciting! I looked back at Grammas house...part of me wanted to run back and jump in my bed...then another part of me needed to prove to myself there was no such thing as the TRAILWOOLIES!
Sean planted the first flag...it gleamed in the Moonlight...we walked several feet and Sean put another on the ground. We did this every several feet...."Seeeee" said Sean if only Hansel and Gretel would have thought of Flags instead of Bread-crumbs!
Suddenly as we were standing still we heard a BRANCH SNAP! We...
Part 2 coming up! If you want!:)
KiKi 8-12-02
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