CREEPY OLD LADY IN WOODS

When young (i.e. about two), I was always terrified of creepy old ladies.  Their furrowed faces, their too-thin ankles (which scarcely seemed capable of supporting their tottering frames), their slobbering mouths - all gave me the shivers.  Their piercing eyes which seemed to penetrate you with their baleful glare!  The funny thing is, they were probably harmless crones and, now that I'm 70, they don't seem to have the same effect.  I didn't think much of creepy old men either, yet now I see one whenever I look in the mirror.

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