Review: A very clever tale with an original twist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2011
Rebecca M. Senese is a witty and wily writer. Her tales are generally alive with originality and clever surprise endings, like this on. But so as not to cheat readers of finding and enjoying the end for themselves in this free to amazon kindle owners book, I will not reveal it. However, here is a teaser.An old woman wakes early before Gertrude the minder her daughter set over her. She was tired of Gertrude treating her as an incapable old no-more-useful old woman. So she snuck out of her house and went into the forest; something Gertrude had forbidden her to do.She remembered with delight, the tales her father told her about the wolves in the forests. She used to cuddle against her dad because of her fears and because it was so nice to do so. The day was bright and warm. She stopped by a stream, watched the clear water flow over the rocks, and fell asleep. When she awoke it was getting dark. Gertrude will surely be mad, she thought. She tried to race home, but her old legs kept her movements slow. She heard heavy breathing behind her and tried to sprint forward, but fell. As she looked up, she saw a wolf standing over her. The wolf reached up, and pulled off its mask. It was Gertrude saying, I told you not to go into the woods. Then, unexpectantly....