Rudyard Kipling
Good day Opussians Brave and True. I have a little task for you.
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Enchantment
Chloe sat up, and looked around her. Felix was stretched out by the fire, and Kirby was above her, sleeping on a limb of the tree in a deceptively feline way.
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Fairytales
Fairytales Wishing wells Pots of gold Never sold. White witches Seethed twitches In the dark wood Where 100 men stood. Whispers of magic Ended so tragic From the rolling hills To sunset mills.
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Son Of The Moon
• This is an adaptation/translation of a Spanish folklore song. All the writing techniques are by me: no direct translation, only the theme and story of the words.
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Fairytale Trail | Beauty And The Beast
@awesomeannie. One day, a merchant's daughter,. Asked father for a rose,. She'd never seen one in her life,. And knew naught where they grow,. The merchant, he agreed to it,.
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Banjo La'Munter, Alligator Hunter
#household Deep in the swamps of Louisiana lives a man called Banjo La'Munter. His momma was a Cajun beauty queen, his poppa a Gator hunter.
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Old Witches Garden
#nightdwellers There was a old witch, Who lived deep within the woods. Despairing over her cauldrons contents, And the fact that it was good...
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The Wish Slide
An English man, an Irish man and a Scots man were spoken to by God. He said that if they walked for ten minutes to the east they would find a slide.
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POLA Revenge
Ole Weirdwolf killed a leprechaun and now he is in trouble, For the POLAce are going to get him, In their cauldron a spell bubbles. They add frogspawn and jelly, And a pube of R. Kelly's.
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Night Time Creatures
Witches, Warlocks. Goblins, Ghosts. Dungeons, Dragons. And all other hosts. Of creatures of darkness. Who flit and who fly. Through thunder and lighting. And winds as they sigh.
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The 8th Dwarf
Snow White had her seven dwarfs. Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy & Sleepy of course. I've met another, with a black beard. Hard to grasp. To scared to ask. Red eyes and crystal teeth.
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The Waterfall's Siren
They say she sits upon a deep gray rock. They also say that on your ears she seems To set her lock. The waterfall hides her Beauty but not her voice.
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Cats & Superstition
Sitting like a statue. Tall and proud. Chest pushed out. Claws digging in and out the wood, sharp no doubt. Green eyes like emeralds. In the dark of the night...
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The Banshees Call
At the crack of dawn, Or the start of morn, You may hear the banshees call. Beware the sharp haul, Yet be not afraid, You are not who is to fade.
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Crooked Cookies
#household. In an old crooked house,. Down an old crooked lane,. There was a little old witch,. That baked cookies in vain,. She rolled out the dough,. Wearing her old crooked hat,.
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The story behind Friday the 13th
Here is why Friday the 13th is considered the most unlucky day of the year. Now as some of you might already know, the number 13 is considered very unlucky.
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Friday Thirteenth
Friday the thirteenth, An unlucky day, Curses witchcraft, sorcery, Well that's what they say. Friday the thirteenth, Watch where you're going, Demons and devils Today are all knowing.
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A mais rápida licenciatura de que há memória
No tempo em que os alunos ainda iam à escola havia uma pequena universidade escondida numa floresta que era tão grande que se estendia das serras ao mar e tão escura que até os lobos tinham medo de...
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The Teller Of Tales
The fire flickered... The smoke curled up the huge chimney. Outside,the wind howled against the thin windows. But the folk gathered round the fire heard none of it.
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Witching Hour.
Walking in the woods tonight, It's scary and it's black. Creaking noises, groaning trees, Something could attack.
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Nessie's Mirror
#sixwords improv @eddie12309. Beastie swimming in the deepest lake,. Leather-green skin, neck like a snake,. Found a mirror on the beach left long ago,. "It's a magic mirror!" proclaimed Mr Crow,.
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Me-tie-Dough-Ty-Walker
There was a small village in the middle of a dark forest. In the village, there was a haunted house that everyone was terrified to enter. Nobody would dare to stay there overnight.
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Nursery Rhyme Origins: Humpty Dumpty
Sourced primarily from Wikipedia. Humpty Dumpty was originally written as a riddle when it was first published in 1803.
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Last Banshee
The last banshee sung.
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