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Old 02-05-2012, 09:34 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Janszoon View Post
One story I clearly remember from my childhood, which scared the ever-loving crap out of me, is this: There was this woman who always wore a ribbon around her neck. She never took it off, even around her husband. He sometimes asked her about it but the only thing she'd ever say about it was it could never, under any circumstances to be removed. After many years of this, the husband's curiosity finally got the best of him and he untied the ribbon while she was asleep. When he did so her head fell right and rolled onto the floor screaming, "I told you never to untie the ribbon!"

Is that from this author?
Yep. That's Alvin Schwartz. But I think the ending is more like her aged and dying and telling the husband, "Now you can untie the ribbon and you'll see why it had to stay on." So he does and her head falls off.
"The Green Ribbon"
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