The Village of Old Tree Stump
The Tale Started From The Survivors Of The Attack
A Caravan Had The Misfortune Of Trading With A Ghost Town
The Town Used To Be Lively
But It Quieted Down And Became Isolated
Many Wondered If A Plague Struck
None Dared To Venture Forth
It Wasn't Until There Was A Wood Shortage
That The Caravan Was Sent
It Had Been Years Since The Last Communication
But The Town Called Old Tree Stump Was Known For Its Wood
The Town Was Built Entirely From One Gargantuan Tree
The Townsfolk Bragged How They Had Wood To Spare For Decades
The Old Tree Stump Became The Towns Plaza
It Was The Center Of Everyday Bustle
That Tree Stump That Was Empty And Bare
Used To Be The Oldest Oak Of Its Kind
Its Branches IN The Clouds And It Bark Thicker Than Most Villages
The Townsfolk Claimed That When The Tree Fell
You Could Hear The Rumble Two Towns Over
The Natives Warned IN Passing
That The Gargantuan Tree Was Sacred
That The Townsfolk Who Cut It Down
Desecrated That Holy Ground
That The Spirits Were Angered And Needed Appeasement
No One Heeded The Natives Warnings
But That Wood Was Cursed
A Plague Had Struck The Town Of Old Tree Stump
It Started As A Mold That Spread Through The Buildings
The Mold Turned Hard And Appeared As Bark
The Townsfolk Tried Scraping This Off
Only For It To Grow Back Over Night
Slowly The Townsfolk Must Have Gotten Sick
As They Grew Pallid And Infirm
The Sickness Spread Quickly To The Caretakers
Soon Quarantine Wasn't Enough As Every Building Was Infected
The Entire Town Was Bedridden Without Hope
It's Unsure How Long It Took
But The Townsfolk Wasted Away In That Weakened Condition
Within Days Or Weeks The Entire Town Must Have Died
There Was No One Left To Bury Them
So The Bodies Rotted Where They Laid
Often In Their Own Beds
When The Caravan Came To The Desolate Town
The Buildings Had Toadstools Growing Every Which Way
The Corpses Were Also Covered In Fungal Growth
At The Towns Center
Was The Old Tree Stump And It Had The Most Amazing Growth
Sitting Atop The Stump Was A Giant Mushroom Cap
The Sheer Size Of It Was Massive
The Caravan Was Deafened
By A Creaking Sound
As If A Forest Of Tree Branches Were Snapping At Once
Subtly At First The Caravan Felt The Ground Rumble
As The Men Stared At The Sight Before Them The Ground Violently Shook
The Old Stump Began To Rise
It Towered Over The Town
As It Almost Reached The Clouds Supported By Its Former Roots Turned Legs
The Mushroom Covered Stump Resembled Something Out Of A Nightmare
It Looked Like A Warped Wooden Tortoise Covered In Fungus
It Had No Eyes But Seemed To Sense The Men In Front Of It
It Swatted Its Roots At The Men
The Men In The Caravan Turned To Flee
Only To Find They Were Walled In By The Townspeople Turned Corpses
Some Wondered If They Were Merely Drones Or Angry Dead
The Caravan Was Massacred
That Would Have Been The End Of The Story
If The Entire Caravan Went Into The Town
Luck Was On The Side Of The Ones Left Behind
They Saw What Had Happened To The Men
They Smeared Grease On Arrows
Dipped Them In Bonfire
Then Set The Dead Town Alight With Fire
They Then Packed And Quickly Left
To Spread The Horror Of Old Tree Stump
To Warn Other To Avoid That Plagued Town
Lest They Succumb To The Same Fate As The Caravan
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