Once, there was a maiden...
...whose shadow fled from her. She chased it over fire and stone.
She chased her shadow to a monster's mouth. It went right in. It didn't know how to stop.
The maiden caught her shadow in a deep cave full of ghosts. It turned into a ball of thorns that wrapped around her. When the ghosts pricked their fingers on the thorns, they came to life. This didn't make anyone very happy.
The maiden made a ladder from the ghosts' bones, but it only pointed downward. "Why go on?" her shadow asked.
"I can't quit now." said she.
-The Scripture of the Maiden and Shadow
...whose shadow fled from her. She chased it over fire and stone.
She chased her shadow to a monster's mouth. It went right in. It didn't know how to stop.
The maiden caught her shadow in a deep cave full of ghosts. It turned into a ball of thorns that wrapped around her. When the ghosts pricked their fingers on the thorns, they came to life. This didn't make anyone very happy.
The maiden made a ladder from the ghosts' bones, but it only pointed downward. "Why go on?" her shadow asked.
"I can't quit now." said she.
-The Scripture of the Maiden and Shadow