Through the Woods

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Our Neighbor's House" spends a lot of time and focus on the mysterious man with the wide brimmed hat, but the real danger to the children was lack of food supplies, the cold, and the snow storms that cut them off from possible safety/rescue. He tells them if he is not back after three days, they are to pack their bags and walk to their neighbor’s house. We eventually learn this is because the worms wearing her skin have replaced all the flesh beneath it, and the teeth are suspended in place by individual worms.

According to CBR, this was first announced in 2011 and was to be titled "His Face All Red and Other Stories". Minimalist Cast: Pretty much all the stories have an absolute bare minimum of characters who are depicted, named, or have spoken lines. It's likely that the region was hit by such a hard snowstorm that many died of hypothermia, including the three sisters and their father. Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Little Hannah has blonde hair to show her childish youth and innocence compared to her brown-haired older sisters.

While their father is gone, the girls play games on the first day, do chores on the second, and spend the entire third day in a state of lethargy ( implied to be due to hypothermia). Being the oldest sister, she was put in charge of looking after Beth and Hannah by their father before he left to go hunting. This goes double if you believe the implication that the man with the hat is in fact The Grim Reaper, and only shows up to collect the children after they are already dead or dying. Red Is Heroic: Beth is the middle-born daughter who wears dark red clothes, and the story is narrated from her perspective. This story is centered around two friends, one is having an emotional/mental breakdown, no longer enjoys previous activities, is all but actively pushing old friends away, and those friends gradually start losing interest in reconnecting.

More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Beth, the middle-born sister, is convinced the strange man kidnapped her sisters after losing both Mary and Hannah in quick succession, and once they're gone, she has to make the dangerous trek alone. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Replacement Goldfish: The murdered first wife believes the second wife replaced her as lover of her husband and rightful owner of the mansion. The whole book is magnificently executed… is all dextrous and varied and absolutely masterful… Carroll…lures us in only to do terrible, wonderful things to our heads and hearts.Then the friend having a breakdown tries to make some last ditch plea for help at an inconvenient time, only to be turned away by people who didn't understand the urgency and vanishes afterward, gone forever. Yvonne says Janna is like a sister to her or more, since she doesn't get along with her own sister as well as she does with her friend. The inevitability of this narrative – each of the sisters meeting a man with a wide-brimmed hat – sets the perfect, ominous tone for the rest of the book. My Friend Janna – This is a story about two girls who say that they can commune with the dead, but it is a hoax.