Only half a cup [Belenos & Helene]
Feb 28, 2015 22:51:51 GMT
Post by Ghoulsnap on Feb 28, 2015 22:51:51 GMT
Now approaching was the end of the story, Belenos shifted a bit after sitting in the same place for the extended period of time. He was quite pleased about the girl's, who he hasn't even learned the name of, enthusiasm his his fairy friend's tales. Highly superstitious, vaguely he considered if there would be any repercussions for him. But this elf seemed innocent enough. They, as in the fae, may even like her.
"Now spider's belly was so full that he was sure that he'd never been happier, but this made him still even more greedy. He wanted to know every secret of the Wispwood. So he smiled pleasantly at Ashling, and to his great joy, she said, "If you are not too full, I could show you the honey the gather from?"
"Oh, yes!" Brownback said, and he followed the girl along the path, even deeper into the woods. When they reached a tree so deep in the forest that no one had ever seen it before, Ashling spoke, "Here is a very special tree. Deep inside, is a hole with the land's best honey."
Brownback's eyes grew wider still and his greed even greater. Once again he shoved Ashling into the bushes. He climbed the tree and when he found the little hole she spoke of, he squeezed himself inside. He began to eat and eat and eat, and once again, he saved nothing for her or anyone else for that matter. And also once again, he did not even say thank you.
When he was full, he began to climb out of the tree, only to discover he had grown too fat to squeeze through the small hole.
"Help, Ashling!" he cried. "I can't get out."
But the girl was not the fool Brownback had thought. She only smiled pleasantly. "If you had not been so greedy," she chirped, "you would not be stuck like you are."
"I'm sorry!" The spider cried. "I'm so sorry. Please, call for some help!"
"I'm no fool," Ashling said, "though you think I am. But I'm a kind girl."
So with that, the young child began to cry out for help, but she cried as softly as possible.
Naturally, nobody heard her whispers over those of the tree's, and nobody could hear Brownback, as he was trapped inside a tree, deep deep inside the woods. After while Ashling finally said,
"Well, I think it's time for me to go home now," and she waved to him, and then she turned and walked back home never looking back.
In vain Brownback tried to free himself, pulling as hard as he could to get. And after three days of effort, he was finally free at the cost ripping off the layer of skin stuck in the a little amount of leftover honey he had missed at the back of the hole.
Upon returning the village he was shunned and mocked for his new crimson coloration, the locals there knowing what happened. The bloody wound never quite healing right. This is how Redback Spiders got their red backs."
And now the tale was done, and Belenos cleared his thought from speaking so much.
"Now spider's belly was so full that he was sure that he'd never been happier, but this made him still even more greedy. He wanted to know every secret of the Wispwood. So he smiled pleasantly at Ashling, and to his great joy, she said, "If you are not too full, I could show you the honey the gather from?"
"Oh, yes!" Brownback said, and he followed the girl along the path, even deeper into the woods. When they reached a tree so deep in the forest that no one had ever seen it before, Ashling spoke, "Here is a very special tree. Deep inside, is a hole with the land's best honey."
Brownback's eyes grew wider still and his greed even greater. Once again he shoved Ashling into the bushes. He climbed the tree and when he found the little hole she spoke of, he squeezed himself inside. He began to eat and eat and eat, and once again, he saved nothing for her or anyone else for that matter. And also once again, he did not even say thank you.
When he was full, he began to climb out of the tree, only to discover he had grown too fat to squeeze through the small hole.
"Help, Ashling!" he cried. "I can't get out."
But the girl was not the fool Brownback had thought. She only smiled pleasantly. "If you had not been so greedy," she chirped, "you would not be stuck like you are."
"I'm sorry!" The spider cried. "I'm so sorry. Please, call for some help!"
"I'm no fool," Ashling said, "though you think I am. But I'm a kind girl."
So with that, the young child began to cry out for help, but she cried as softly as possible.
Naturally, nobody heard her whispers over those of the tree's, and nobody could hear Brownback, as he was trapped inside a tree, deep deep inside the woods. After while Ashling finally said,
"Well, I think it's time for me to go home now," and she waved to him, and then she turned and walked back home never looking back.
In vain Brownback tried to free himself, pulling as hard as he could to get. And after three days of effort, he was finally free at the cost ripping off the layer of skin stuck in the a little amount of leftover honey he had missed at the back of the hole.
Upon returning the village he was shunned and mocked for his new crimson coloration, the locals there knowing what happened. The bloody wound never quite healing right. This is how Redback Spiders got their red backs."
And now the tale was done, and Belenos cleared his thought from speaking so much.