She was young and curious, and we all know what happens to curious little girls in stories.

The witch lured her in, and when the girl left the forest she was changed. She could read and write, and recite pi to ten digits.

The villagers warded her off with crosses.

C.M.F. Wright is an avid reader and sentence wrangler. Her short stories have appeared in Fifty Word Stories, Microfiction Monday, Syntax & Salt Magazine, and the VSS365 Anthology.