{"id":6575,"date":"2019-08-19T00:53:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T05:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2021-08-03T18:36:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T23:36:48","slug":"the-willows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/19\/the-willows\/","title":{"rendered":"The Willows, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A scary chat story in four parts <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Algernon Blackwood<\/h3>\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Adapted to Chat Story format by Captivated Chat<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-willows-trimmed-2019_08_26_19_40_01-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Tap on arrow  to listen to the story.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monster_At_The_Door.mp3\" loop><\/audio><figcaption>Click arrow above to play carefully selected, cinema-style, theme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> What a river! To think of all the distance and varied waters we&#8217;ve traveled from its source.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The river won&#8217;t stand much nonsense now, though, will it? That first week in the Black Forest, in contrast, was all getting out and slogging through shallows and pushing our boat, eh? We&#8217;ll have scary chat stories to share on our phones for years!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But today we were only concerned about the boat possibly being ripped open by the jagged shale beneath those rapids. Yet despite it all, we made it! Now you rest on the sand right where you are. You single-handedly tugged our boat ashore, after all, so rest and I&#8217;ll survey this little willow island of ours in preparation for camping here.\n\n\n\n*********\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I&#8217;m back, and it really is a small place and quite as overgrown with willow bushes as the shopkeeper warned. It&#8217;s enough to make walking unpleasant, but I made the tour. The island is triangular, wind-swept &#8212; with almost no full trees &#8212; and quite unwelcoming.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Certainly, I could see those last features from here. Any luck?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Yes, there is a slight depression in the island&#8217;s center, where we may pitch the tent. The surrounding willows break the wind quite a bit there.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>**********<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The rising wind<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> A poor camp it is, with no stones and precious little firewood. This sandbar won&#8217;t hold up against the flood for many hours; I&#8217;m for moving on early tomorrow \u2014 you?  \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Sure. Later this evening we can set about collecting a store of wood to last until bedtime.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> With that incessant cold wind, this is not a fit place for a man.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> What&#8217;s worse, willow bushes drop no branches, and so driftwood will be our only source of fuel. I hunted the shores pretty thoroughly. Everywhere the banks are crumbling as the rising flood tears at our tiny island and carries away great portions of it every few minutes.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The place is much smaller than when we landed. It won&#8217;t last long at this rate.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> We&#8217;d better drag the canoe close to the tent, and be ready to start at a moment&#8217;s notice. I shall sleep in my clothes.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;The wind is still rising&#8217;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Ho-ho-ho, ha-ha-ha! By Jove!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I heard your laugh, but now you are hidden by the willows, where are you?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But what in the world&#8217;s this?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Suddenly you sounded quite serious. Stand still; I&#8217;m coming right over.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Good heavens, it&#8217;s a man&#8217;s body out there! Look!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> All I see is that black thing, turning over and over in the waves.&nbsp; It keeps disappearing and coming up to the surface again.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> No, it&#8217;s an otter, by gad! Ho-ho, ah, ha-hah!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It is an otter, very alive, and out on the hunt, yet it looked just now like the body of a drowned man turning helplessly in the current.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You saw it too? Thank heavens, for the mind plays tricks when you&#8217;re tired. Look, there goes a boatman along the far shore!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> He&#8217;s crossing himself! Look, he&#8217;s making the sign of the Cross!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I believe you&#8217;re right.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> He tried to call to us beforehand, but the wind is still rising and it drowned him out.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But what in the world is he doing at nightfall on this flooded river?&nbsp;\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not welcome<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Where is he going at such a time, and what did he mean by his signs and shouting? D&#8217;you think he wished to warn us about something?&#8221;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> He saw our smoke, and thought we were spirits probably, ha-ha, ha-hah! These Hungarians believe in all sorts of rubbish; you remember the shopwoman at Pressburg warning us that no one ever landed here?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> She said it&#8217;s because it belonged to some sort of beings outside man&#8217;s world!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I suppose they believe in fairies and elementals, possibly demons, too. That peasant in the boat saw people on the island for the first time in his life, and it gave him a scary story to chat about, that&#8217;s all.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Heh. If they had enough imagination, they might very well people a place like this with the old gods of antiquity.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The river&#8217;s still rising, though, and it will be under water in two days.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;The psychology of places&#8217;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> True, two days at most.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I wish the wind would go down. I don&#8217;t care a fig for the river.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The scarcity of wood will make it a business to keep the fire going. The wind that&#8217;s driving the smoke into our faces right now will make a fierce cross draught.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> We can take turns fighting it and making expeditions to grub in among the bushes for wood.\n\n\n\n**********\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> When this next bundle of branches is in camp, I shall turn in. So I&#8217;ll make this final expedition brief.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2128815-3523249170-1566488374878.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Swede<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Good. I&#8217;m dog tired.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Glad to hear you are tired, it proves you can get tired. I&#8217;m bushed and all your loads of wood have been twice as heavy as mine. So long for the moment, Swede!\n\n\n\n&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> (Thinking) The psychology of places is vivid for the wanderer; thus camps have  a note, either of welcome or rejection. And the note of this willow-camp has become unmistakably plain to me; we are interlopers, trespassers; we are not welcome. The damn willows are against us.\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> (Thinking) And talking of bad omens, I could swear that boatman, if it was actually a man, was warning us against some danger, warning us off this filthy island.\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look for Part 2!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Or read another scary story concerning travel and adventure, <a href=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/27\/the-most-dangerous-game\/\">The Most Dangerous Game<\/a>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1331252&amp;u=2142268&amp;m=73372&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/73372\/728x90_new2.jpg\" alt=\"Puffy Lux mattress shown on sale, our affiliate advertiser.\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Back-to-school sale: buy from this affiliate advertiser or others, and support us all!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>[relatedYouTubeVideos relation=&#8221;postTitle&#8221; max=&#8221;2&#8243; lang=&#8221;en&#8221; class=&#8221;right horizontal bg-black center&#8221; previewMode=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scary chat story in four parts By Algernon Blackwood Adapted to Chat Story format by Captivated Chat ********** The rising wind &#8216;The wind is still rising&#8217; Not welcome &#8216;The psychology of places&#8217; Look for Part 2! 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