After seeing this image on Tumblr, I figured I should write the full story:
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
A mother, a daughter and warrior too.
This is the story of her greatest battle,
With a foe who loved to eat all the cattle.
Once an angry giant was attacking the lands,
With his big stompy boots and leather-gloved hands.
He’d eat all the food at the local farms,
Then fall fast asleep by crashing in barns.
But worst of all was his mid-morning snack,
Roasted humans (with salad) in a tortilla wrap!
The warrior woman could take no more,
So she grabbed her armour, shield and sword.
She searched the lands until she came upon the beast,
And shouted out loud “It’s time to end your feast.”
“No” said the giant, with a glint in his eye,
“I’ll eat you instead! Maybe cooked in a pie…”
“I gave you fair warning” said the woman to her foe,
As she brandished her sword and stabbed his toe.
The giant lost his balance and fell to the ground,
Squashing what was left of the warrior woman’s town.
She chopped off a foot, then went for the neck,
Before hearing the cry of an emotional wreck.
“Why me?!” sobbed the giant “What did I do?”
“You ate all our food, and the whole zoo!”
“Fair point” said the giant “I’d probably best go”
And so off he hopped, to the mountains topped with snow.
But what of the children of those humans lost?
The old woman took them all in, at considerable cost.
She converted the shoe the giant left behind,
Into a loving home (since the government wouldn’t provide).
But the crops had been eaten, and all the animals too,
She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do.
So she gave them some broth without any bread,
But at least they weren’t hungry, and each had a bed.
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I’ve finally written the only origin story that needed writing – the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. https://t.co/s5TBjk5IYt …