“Happened, many a years ago,”
The old woman had began,
“The young maidens were dancing,
And the handsome misters sang…
“Dance and sing, all night they did,
Paying little to no attention,
To the creeping creatures beneath them.
It was a full moon, did I not mention….
“They had heard the dogs howl,
But they paid no mind.
Then they heard the dogs whimper
They thought, “Oh, hush you stupid canines..”
“But then it was quiet,
And the misters had stopped singing.
And off in the distant distance,
The old church bell was ringing.
“What’s going on? What is happening?”
The frightened young maidens had said.
They turned their backs for one second,
Turned back and saw a mister dead.
“Oh save us! Save us!
What will happen to we?”
As they began to pack their things and run,
A foul monster rose up and speaked.
“You have been partying hard,
And have been drinking all night.
See this tiny vile of poison here,
Into your drinks I have spiked.
“You all have, but one,
A few minutes left to breathe.
This is your consequence
And now I hope you will see…
Travel in groups, I’m glad you did that.
But watch your drinks, you dint.
Have a designated driver, too late for that
And watch each others backs, you silly cints!”
With that the monster fled,
Taking a few for a midday snack,
The one maiden who had survived,
Ran away and never went back.
Three years had past,
And another party their was.
But she stayed on the sidelines
watching the calamity, gossip and buzz.
She stopped her drunken friend,
From making a drunken mistake
And saved another from eating
Her sweet, poisoned rum cake.
She stopped a fight from brewing
In the mid of the hot sun.
And she pat herself on her back,
Saying, “Job well done!”
“See you children,”
The kids heard the old lady say.
“She learned an important lesson,
Because of that one sad day.
But the maiden forgot, one tiny thing,
Watching over others, no one watched her back.
So when the full moon rose up,
She didn’t look and she, then, became the monsters snack.