The Music in the Woods

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Its that time again. Time to give your brain cells a little workout. I will write an opening to a story and you can feel free to add to the story in the comments below.

I hope some take up the challenge, for if not this is going to be a very short story!

“She was out on a walk and decided to take a short cut through the woods. She watched a russet brown striped chipmunk scamper up a tree and then she stopped in her tracks. Where was the music coming from?

82 thoughts on “The Music in the Woods”

  3. There was a Barn Owl high up in an old Oak tree, and playing a violin!
    She (who doesn’t seem to have a name), called up “Hey Mr Barn Owl. How did you learn to play the violin?”
    The owl looked down at her and blinked “Well,first … I am not a Mr. and second, the same way you would if you really wanted to play well. Practise! Practise! Practise.”
    The girl was totally focused on the owl now. “Hey Mrs Barn Owl. You do play extremely well.”
    The owl tipped her head to one side and rolled her eyes. “I am not a Mrs. either!”
    “Oh,” said the girl with no name, “What are you?”
    “I am a Barn Owl! Is your species always this slow to process simple facts, or perhaps you should have asked a different question?”
    “Well I know that you’re a Barn Owl” she said sharply.
    The owl now fixed her unblinking eyes on her “Well why did you ask what I am? You knew right away that I was a Barn Owl.”
    The girl smiled “Yes but if you’re not a Mr. or a Mrs. …. what are you?”
    The owl walked sideways along the branch to get closer to her. “Well perhaps that is the question you should have asked. I am very familiar with your species and you are very adept at not asking direct questions. Then you complain because you are misunderstood. Amazing!”
    “Well,” said the no-name girl, “what are you if not a Mr. or a Mrs. … and do you have a name?”
    “I am a Ms.,” said the owl, “and my name is Odessa. What’s yours?”
    The girl was playing with hair and looking down at her feet. “I don’t know.” she said sadly “The writer of this Post did not give me one.”

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  4. She looked up and saw three chipmunks high on a branch, with musical instruments, and singing in high-pitched voice as if they had inhaled helium. The combo finished their song, and she applauded and asked them what they called their band.

    One stepped forward and said his name was Alvin. And he added that his band was called Alvin and The Chipmunks. He then introduced his two bandmates, Simon, and Theodore.

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  6. She began to walk toward the music. With each passing step, the music became more beautiful to her and her desire to find its source grew in intensity. Eventually, she found that she was running through the woods with an urgency and focus that she didn’t understand. As she ran, branches pulled at her hair and scratched her face, but still she focused on the music and finding its source. She saw skunks, squirrels, snakes, birds, and other animals fleeing in the opposite direction as if to get away from the music. But, she did not stop to wonder why or ponder the possible danger that may lie ahead.
    The forest began to glow around her with an unnatural light, and she began to hear a slow pulsing behind the music. The pulsing grew in intensity as she approached and she began to feel it though the ground. There were no more animals to be seen or any other of the natural noises to be heard. But still, with blood running from scratches on her face, she pressed on toward the source of the music.
    Finally, she burst through the brush into a clearing and found the source of the music. She hurried toward the large glowing spacecraft, past the two observing aliens, and up the ramp until she was surrounded by the music and light. The she seemed to exist for months or years in heart of the beautiful music. She really had no notion of movement or time, just music.
    Then, the music stopped. She woke up from her music fueled fog and saw strange forms that should could not identify. They moved as though the were alive. They began to push and prod her toward a doorway. When she stepped through the doorway and out of the spacecraft she emerged to find an unimaginable terror that froze her in place…

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