Day 19: Speaking To a Dead Line

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 19 Prompt:

Children's stories are often allegorical and presented in a straightforward manner. Today, take your favorite children's story, fairy tale, or myth and complicate it. Use the original as a jumping-off point to introduce wild elements, unlikely back stories and off-center characters. - Poets&Writers

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