One...then two...then three, then several more. And then she saw eyes with vertical pupils, and nostrils closing and opening, and then tongues, slipping in and out of mouths with jagged jaws. And all of these parts were approaching her, and she found herself in the midst of many smiling faces gazing upon her. “Hello therrrrre, little Princess,” rattled one of the smiling faces. “What are you doing walking alone in the forrrrrrest at this time of day?”