Let's write a story. I'll write the first line...

[Skip Intro]

She knew better, she had been warned about it for years. But she wasn't a girl anymore. Those old restrictions fell away, as she wandered into the forest...

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. ...as she wandered into the forest... it was a dark and stormy night. n/t

[XemaSab]

2. ...she knew that the beasts lurked there

wolves, lions, bears, and creatures of the night, but she also hoped she might find the one thing...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. she might find the one thing that would release her from...

[RZM]

4. her unfortunate circumstances, on which she frequently dwelled . . .

[BlueCollar]

5. She'd seen all the Star Trek episodes

No way was she convinced Bones was the man for her....

[nolabear]

6. She was in such a reverie that she almost missed the gleam of silver beneath the bushes.

[yankeepants]

8. On closer inspection, she realized it was gold

gleaming beneath babs and poppy bush.

[JTG of the PRB]

7. When she crouched down, a single touch to the cold piece of metal sent shivers through her body.

[HopeHoops]

9. The she realized it was just because she was naked in Vermont in February, silly twit.

[nolabear]

10. As she tugged at the gold, she discovered that it was the handle of a door, half buried by leaves.

[Arugula Latte]

11. She cleared the leaves away and gave a sharp tug on the handle.

[daleanime]

12. at first she couldn't move it....

[littlewolf]

13. and then gathering all her strength she gave a hard pull

[Broken_Hero]

14. the door swung open in a rush, the smell of rotten dust filled her nostrils nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. Instantly her mother's warnings of years ago filled her mind.

[Bucky]

16. Instantly her mother's warnings of years ago filled her mind. "You are cursed, my child..."

[LiberalAndProud]

17. As she peered into the darkness within, the surrounding storm intensified.

[RandomThoughts]

18. Then with a thought the curse broke and the clouds cleared.

[mdmc]

19. So there she was.

[kimi]

20. And she gazed into . . .

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

21. the pile of potatoes

that every family kept in the root cellar and wondered....

[rug]

22. . . . . whether there were enough to conceal the body.

[spinbaby]

23. The body of her boyfriend that she had stashed in the freezer at home.

[rug]

25. Then she wondered, "where is my son?"

[mopinko]

24. she instantly realized that this was a mixed animal

[mopinko]

26. hmmmm. did i set the bar too high?

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

27. The bartender wondered

as he saw Big Daddy struggling to...

[mopinko]

28. get the strange creature out of the back seat of his ancient

station wagon. it bared it's teeth at him. long, shiny, sharp daggers they were.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

29. The regulars crowded at the door

recoiled in horror when they realized.....

[mopinko]

30. that he was headed their way. he dragged the snarling animal

in, sat at the bar, ordered a beer for himself, and a beef jerky for the thing.

[Bucky]

31. The raging beast stood up on its hind legs and said, "Hit me baby, one more time!"

Oops, I did it again.

[mopinko]

32. uncle gave it the jerky, and it curled up at his feet.

the bartender asked "what is that thing? and where did you get it?"
uncle harvey said "his name is confucius. ask him a question"

[Sugarcoated]

33. And the bartender asked,

"Tell me wise creature, the answer to the question for the ages . . . who is better, the Beatles or the Stones?" . . .

[mopinko]

34. it got up, reached into the cash register for the jukebox slugs

went over and punched up all the stones and beatles songs on the box (of which there were many, this being a left over hippie bar).
as it settled back down to finish the jerky it said "the clash"

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

35. Jerry's lips curled

in disgust, the Clash had been playing on the radio the night his high school sweetheart Darlene...

[mopinko]

36. had driven her 1962 corvette over the cliff.

she had written "fuck you jerry" in shoe polish on the windshield. jerry never quite got over the shock. and all because

[LaurenG]

37. as much as he deserved that, he had always wanted only her

the memories were depressing and he thought he'd lose it until...

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

38. He remembered her nasty temper

and how she had spread gossip all over town about....

[mopinko]

39. that room in the basement.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

41. Where uncle Marty hid his

stash of weed and cousin Tara liked to hold barbie doll voodoo sessions with her fellow Camp Fire Girls...until...

[LeftishBrit]

42. the water started seeping into the cellar, from a leak in the bath upstairs

[mopinko]

43. the odor that arose, although tinged with the smell of dope

slowly infiltrated the whole house, and became putrid. at first we thought it was the creature that so adored jerry. it smelled awful when it was wet. but the realization slowly dawned

[littlewolf]

40. delete