Chapter 127: The Stage!

After passing that way once, she never dared take that path again. She had also heard that Murphy Looske from the village had once returned late from a hunt. When he passed the stage on the back mountain, he saw something standing on it. It had been too dark to make out clearly. Worse, whatever stood up there had been warbling out an opera tune, "Ee-yaa, ee-yaa, ee-yaa," as if it were performing. The sound had scared him so badly he tumbled straight down the slope and rolled off the back mountain. He...