Little Red Riding Hood's Final Stroll
Twas the darkest of nights in the prarie woodland
Little Red Riding Hood walked the raven strand
A steamy fog cut through the bleary bog
The rancid odor of vaporous springs did the air clog
A venomous frog full of spite sat on a jagged log
Vampire bats with their ebony capes the putrid air did flog
A Hoot owl from overhead bellowed out a dolesome refrain
Sprightly shadows followed forming a loathsome train
Every few seconds, an eery howl filled the air with a portentous
strain
Creepy, crawling insects fiddled a tune of disdain
Little Red Riding Hood's heels became mired in the porous, sandy
soil
Discarding her sandals, she screeched; slimy leeches clasped each,
bleached sole
Thirsty, Vampire bats veered all about seeking her virgin blood to
spoil
Frightened to her wits' end, she sat down on a log to weigh her
dreary toll
Unbeknownst to her, the spiteful toad for a wary companion did
troll
Taking aim, that malicious toad took a gleeful caper landing on her
facial mole
Discharging his vitriolic potion, Little Red Riding Hood screamed as
the pain through her blanched tissue did roll
A minute later, her callous mole was transformed into a pusy,
seething boil
Leaping from her bartered stool, she ran into the foreboding wood
Her homely cape snagged on an extended limb and from her
fragile arm spilt blood
The whiff of fresh, warm blood was immediately sensed by a wolf
pack brood
Hearing the howling pack approaching, she froze right where she
stood
Remembering Grandmother's wise advice, she climbed the nearest
tree
Not realizing therein lay a poisonous snake perched so sprightly
Arriving on the scene first, the Druid lapped up the trail of blood
that gushed from her wound so freely
To placate the menacing brood, she tossed down some of
grandmother's crumpets briskly
A second later, the coiled up snake lunged at its helpless target
with lightning speed
Alarmed, Little Red Riding Hood whirled about wrapping around her
the flailing snake like a nimble reed
Losing her balance, she fell headlong into the hungry jaws of
gluttonous greed
That ravenous brood lapped up the crumpets, diced up the snake,
and did the nimble limbs of Little Red Riding Hood knead
A word of caution to every rambling, ambling tite
If ever you venture into the perilous copse at night
Beware of the spiteful vermin that scour and stalk with stealthy
might
And never from the beaten trail stray or malicious malcontents will
your innocence spite
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