“Don’t go near the wicked forest, or the Witch will turn you into an animal, and you’ll never be free.”
The story about a wicked woman in a forest was told so often. They said, any man who enters the forest is paralyzed before being thrown from the area. However, maidens are captured and turned into the pet sparrows of the witch. For years parents told their children this tale to keep them away from the forest. They even used the witch’s name to frighten particularly naughty children. The forest became a place of fear for the people. No one dared wander near it. Years later, no one has seen the witch, but people still avoid going near the forest.
However, sometimes people still hear a mysterious song that keeps repeating itself from somewhere in the forest.
“What a beautiful tune, it gives me a feeling I can’t quite express…”
–Melody