Day 27: She went on, deeper into the woods…
30 Hundred-Word Drabbles, one for each day in November, part of
FlashNaNo 2023
Monday 27th November 2023
One route, maybe a week’s trek carrying provisions, a long journey round The Woods.
The second, an afternoon stroll, at the most 2 miles. But through – ‘The Woods’! There were tales of folk disappearing, or strange encounters therein. No one had ever been!
Finally of age She was to visit ‘Town’, sent out on her own. She had two maps, a choice of two routes. This was not a game.
She studied the maps calculating carefully. Collecting a hand axe for protection She stepped the untraveled path finally passing her first tree She went on, deeper into The Woods…
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