Swamp Doll- This doll was sown together by a young British girl from the mid
1800s. The girl spent most of her childhood in India where her racist
father was in charge of a British colony. Because he did not like her
to play with the local children who he said were "dirty",the girl was
very lonely and spent her time with the doll she made hoping it could
be a real person. Eventually she wished it so badly that the doll did
indeed become real (though stayed in her doll form). Soon, however, it
became apparent that the doll needed to saw a human heart into her
chest to continue to "live". Driven by desperation the doll finally
turned on her beloved mistress and cut out her heart while the
terrified girl was still alive and screaming.
Feeling guilty the doll ran away into the nearest swamp appearing
every few months in the local villages to steel the fresh heart of a
child. Every now and then a child would glimpse a girl curiously
similar to a doll sitting in the jungle sawing stuffing into her body.
Decades went by and Swamp Doll (a name the villagers gave this
dreadful creature) is still said to still be hiding in the swamps.
Though her dress has long ago turned into dirty green rags and her
"skin" is full of stitches she always makes sure her hair is perfect
in honor of her mistress's love for her lovely brown curls. This
however, is the only sentimentalism left in the doll's empty hollow
soul and she looks forward to her brutal monthly ritual.
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