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The nostalgia hurts

Fri Jun 13, 2008, 8:58 PM
So, I was randomly thinking about all the scary stories I had read when I was a little kid. There was this one story I really liked, about this girl who wore a scarf/ribbon all the time and her boyfriend would ask her to take it off. After searching the 'net I found the version I read: The Green Ribbon story in "A Dark, Dark Room". Here it is:

Once there was a girl named Jenny.
She was like all the other girls,
Except for one thing.
She always wore a green ribbon
Around her neck.
There was a boy named Alfred
In her class.
Alfred liked Jenny,
And Jenny liked Alfred.
One day he asked her,
"Why do you wear that ribbon
All the time?"
"I cannot tell you," said Jenny.
But Alfred kept asking,
"Why do you wear it?"
And Jenny would say,
"It is not important."
Jenny and Alfred grew up
And fell in love.
One day they got married.
After the wedding,
Alfred said,
"Now that we're married,
"You must tell me
About the green ribbon."
"You still must wait,"
Said Jenny.
"I will tell you
When the right time comes."
Years passed.
Alfred and Jenny grew old.
One day Jenny became very sick.
The doctor told her
She was dying.
Jenny called Alfred to her side.
"Alfred," she said,
Now I can tell you
About the green ribbon.
Untie it,
And you will see
Why I could not tell you before."
Slowly and carefully,
Alfred untied the ribbon,
And Jenny's head fell off.

I think I like the abrupt ending the best.

  • Mood: Joy
  • Reading: The Green Ribbon

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Wow, I guess she was really "attached" to her head. Give it a sec, you'll get it.

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If a miracle occurred, I would show you the new morning, the person I've become and say those words I couldn't back then... -Yamazaki Masayoshi "One More Time, One More Chance"
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"European IS a language, you idiot!"
awww thats soo sad =[ and u laff??!!!

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a hug makes everything better!
No one said I laughed. :O

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"European IS a language, you idiot!"
I totally saw that coming.

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All the boys with their home made microphones have very interesting sounds.
gasp i think i read that one before...in like this collection of "scary" stories for little kids...lol

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