{"id":3795,"date":"2020-04-18T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:27:32","slug":"the-wood-chopper-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=3795","title":{"rendered":"The Wood Chopper (Part two)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

       The Wood Chopper\n(Part two)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way back to the town,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

they started talking with a frown.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wood chopper seemed suspicious to them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He just didn\u2019t answer where or when.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then they thought about the stew.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever the meat was, no one knew.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of them up chucked their lunch.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They rushed back as one big bunch.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They burst into the choppers cabin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two blocked the door so they could grab him.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat kind of meat was in that stew?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was rabbit, you ignorant fool.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They tied him up and took him  to town.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right away many people gathered around.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they told them about the stew,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

they yelled \u201cHang him. That\u2019s the rule.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They built a gallows in the town square.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had a trap door to snap his neck there.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They hauled the chopper up to the noose.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put a black hood on his head. Kept it loose.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then put the noose around his neck.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hangman tugged it. Not in just.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the mayor\u2019s nod, he pulled the lever.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trapdoor flew open, really cleaver.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wood chopper dropped through.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowd cheered because they knew.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wood chopper\u2019s neck had snapped.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then they looked within the trap.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To their shock no one was there.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just the noose and the hood lying there.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the hell could he have gone?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

People were feeling spooked before long.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group headed for the wood chopper\u2019s cabin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They thought he was there and would grab him.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 He was gone, along with the wood.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How could that be? Too much wood.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one could move that much wood that fast.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no tracks in the grass.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon, the missing girl walked into town.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said wolves cared for her. One lead her to town.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wood chopper was innocent. What had they done?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several people were ready to run.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wood chopper was never seen again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The town didn\u2019t know how to amend their sin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years later, it was just an old wives tale.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many thought it wasn\u2019t true, as they drank their ale.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, the old folks,—- children at the time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knew it was not a nursery rhyme.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How & when would the town pay for their crime?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

——————————————————-R.W. Johnson—–(2020)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

       The Wood Chopper (Part two) On the way back to the town, they started talking with a frown. The wood chopper seemed suspicious to them. He just didn\u2019t answer where or when. Then they thought about the stew. Whatever the meat was, no one knew. A couple of them up chucked their lunch. They … Continue reading The Wood Chopper (Part two)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3796,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795\/revisions\/3796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}