Welcome back to my column, “Fairey Opinionated”. I received the following letter from an anonymous source claiming to have witnessed firsthand the tragedy in the forest last week that still has our town buzzing. Keep in mind, this information has not been tested for accuracy.
“So, I was walking through the woods the other day when I passed Scarecrow, the pig. Everyone knows why we call him that, so I won’t bore you with the details. It has to do with the structure of his house, my only hint to any of the new readers. His usual exuberant self, I enjoyed chewing the fat with him for a while, we said our goodbyes, and I was on my way. Half a mile down the road I noticed a shadow move quickly by me in the direction of my friend Scarecrow. I wasn’t sure, but just in case I decided to go back and warn him that something may be amiss. As I was coming upon his house, I noticed a looming and disguised figure at the door. I decided to go around back to see if I could get his attention. As I tried to maneuver through the woods to get to the back, I heard the figure banging and grunting while howling and growling all at the same time. I tried to reach Scarecrow in time, but by the time I worked my way around to the back, the figure had rigged up a system of levers and pulleys and the house was coming down (I later heard that other eyewitnesses reported seeing the wolf, by his own breath’s power, force the house down in a series of huff and puffs…ridiculous). What I saw next was so graphically violent and gory that I will spare you the details, only to let you know that I am now seeing a psychologist and we are working on an experimental treatment to block this memory out of my mind. I was so confused and upset that I stayed there for hours, dumbfounded. I heard later that Scarecrow’s brother, Stickler, met the same fate a short while after but was finally stopped by Brickface.”
People (and pigs), heed the warning: Wolves are dangerous and need to be stopped and I don’t care if you feel any other way, it’s the truth of it. We all saw the reports of Little Red and said to ourselves, this can't happen to us. Well, I'm sure Scarecrow and Stickler thought the same thing and look where it got them. It's time to act. Send in your responses to the address below...
3 comments:
hello david
I think your clip was very detailed and unique because you wrote it from somebody else's point of view.
Dave this was absolutely genius. An opinion column - I wonder who the anonymous observer would have been. Actually, you will find this issue raised in our film Hoodwinked next week.
great job!
Hey Dave,
I liked the part where you said "chewing the fat" which was foreshadowing the events that were coming up. Also your use of symbolism with the characters' names.
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