"Oh, my poor child," the granny with an impossibly large nose said. "Are you alright?"
Little did Brian know that this day would haunt him years later... decades later...
******
... thirty years later, in fact.
Brian was strolling down a street, hands in his pockets, whistling a tune. His excellent day was interrupted by the faint cry of a child.
He noticed a tiny old woman reaching out for the little girl that had just tripped and fell. Brian's memory flashed back to that clumsy day when he had tripped and a kind old lady had tried to comfort him. The same comical, short, old lady with the big nose. Brian had aged, a bald spot on his head, but this granny had not changed one bit. He would have expected her to have withered and turned to dust.
Brian was jolted out of his thoughts when granny opened her mouth, unnaturally wide revealing razor-sharp teeth, saliva glistening in the afternoon sun, and swallowed the little girl.
"Aaaaaaaah!" Brian shouted into the voice as reality crashed over him.
The old woman turned and looked at him. A lop-sided smile appeared under her glowing, red, devilish eyes.
"You," granny snapped.
Little did Brian know that this day would haunt him years later... decades later...
******
... thirty years later, in fact.
Brian was strolling down a street, hands in his pockets, whistling a tune. His excellent day was interrupted by the faint cry of a child.
He noticed a tiny old woman reaching out for the little girl that had just tripped and fell. Brian's memory flashed back to that clumsy day when he had tripped and a kind old lady had tried to comfort him. The same comical, short, old lady with the big nose. Brian had aged, a bald spot on his head, but this granny had not changed one bit. He would have expected her to have withered and turned to dust.
Brian was jolted out of his thoughts when granny opened her mouth, unnaturally wide revealing razor-sharp teeth, saliva glistening in the afternoon sun, and swallowed the little girl.
"Aaaaaaaah!" Brian shouted into the voice as reality crashed over him.
The old woman turned and looked at him. A lop-sided smile appeared under her glowing, red, devilish eyes.
"You," granny snapped.
Brian ran out of breath from his scream. He wanted to run but his legs would not budge. He was hoping someone would come and drag him away, just like thirty years ago when his mom had appeared, pulled him to his feet and dragged him home.
"The one that got away," granny murmured, strolling casually on her short legs toward Brian. "Hahaha! Not this time. Hahaha-hahah-ah!"
Her mouth opened wide, a vortex of teeth snapping into the air. Before Brian could process it or scream again, he was pulled in. Darkness swallowed him whole, and only the echoing sound of evil laughter remained. And then, there was nothing.
“Ptui!” granny spat Brian out and gagged. “Yucks! Adults taste like cardboard, but you… you… are poison!”
Granny clutching her stomach, collapsed onto the pavement, writhing in pain. Seeing her truly wither and dissolve into dust, Brian scrambled to his feet and ran off into the distance.
End.
"The one that got away," granny murmured, strolling casually on her short legs toward Brian. "Hahaha! Not this time. Hahaha-hahah-ah!"
Her mouth opened wide, a vortex of teeth snapping into the air. Before Brian could process it or scream again, he was pulled in. Darkness swallowed him whole, and only the echoing sound of evil laughter remained. And then, there was nothing.
“Ptui!” granny spat Brian out and gagged. “Yucks! Adults taste like cardboard, but you… you… are poison!”
Granny clutching her stomach, collapsed onto the pavement, writhing in pain. Seeing her truly wither and dissolve into dust, Brian scrambled to his feet and ran off into the distance.
End.
