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The Little Red


One day, in a small little village 
A small girl awoke from her bed 
She walked up to her father and smiled 
As he laid his hand upon her head. 
He asked her to deliver a basket 
To a distant relative who lived nearby 
He warned her about the monster at night 
But he knew she would not cry 
 
The girl with eyes of yellow 
And hair of red 
Set off on her journey 
She headed out on the path it lead. 
She stumbled upon a young man 
Silver hair and a cunning smile 
He asked if he could walk 
And talk with her a while 
 
She did not mind but kept her space 
For she knew evil was afoot 
She kept ahead, this little red 
Wondering if he would stay put. 
The man had looked down for a moment or two 
And just like that she had left 
He wondered where she had gone 
Thinking she was quite deft. 
 
He walked down the path 
Looking for her, searching high and low 
When he looked for the girl 
He found her footprints in the snow. 
Night drew near as he began to fear 
A young girl like this should not be out 
He saw a small house just near the way 
He decided to see what it was about. 
 
As he reached for the door he twisted the knob 
Calling out in the room 
He saw a small figure and soon realized 
This would be his doom. 
He spotted a monster hunched over a corpse 
Bleeding from the mouth, you could hear the monsters cries 
It had red-like fur 
And golden yellow eyes. 
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