Back To The Deep Dark Forest,
For Another Extremely Eerie Tale
“If you can keep your head,
When everyone else is losing theirs,
Consider yourself to be very fortunate.”
Rudyard Kipling
An extremely eerie tale is still told in the northwood
About a sinister being known as ‘Pine Needle Ned’
If you wander northern hillsides anytime after nightfall
You have to keep your wits about you to keep your head
Old Pine Needle Ned made his living as a hardy lumberjack
Roaming the pine forests way back in the eighteen hundreds
But one extremely frigid winter’s day, Ned slipped on the ice
And his razor sharp axe somehow completely severed his head
Lumberjack Ned was a very stubborn, cantankerous, old soul
Even though be-headed now, he refused to lie down, and die
As his severed, bloodied head rolled down a pine-studded hill
Old Ned began stuffing pine needles down his neck by and by
After numerous pine needles stopped the massive, gushing, blood
Ned raced off through the trees, in search of his now missing head
And today, many claim that he still roams the vast northern forests
Filling those who have spotted him, with absolute horror and dread
Pine Needle Ned has never been able to locate his own head
So, he takes others, hoping to find one that fits his huge torso
But since he was such a gigantic man with a very massive neck
He’s been collecting human heads for the last few centuries or so
Some say that Pine Needle Ned still lives in a deep, dark cave
Where he stacks heads of hapless victims, like bloodied trophies
And every night, by the light of the moon, Ned searches for more
If you ever spot him and want to keep yours, I suggest that you flee
There are many things besides wild animals,
That roam the great northwood, each night;
And a few of them, like old Pine Needle Ned,
Can conjure up some chilling late night fright.
©A Week Before Howloween 2011, Mr. Ed
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"sightings" reported of such frightening beings!
Peace & Blessings,
Carolyn
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Blessings,
Christine
Anna
Regis
Driving could become a bit of a challenge. I'll stay safe and book in at Sleepy Hollow.
truly with you, Ed, and transmit
in shivers to me...but keep 'em
coming!!
John
fee