The Skeleton Woman's Heart, the Great Drum

The skeleton woman saw the tear glisten in the firelight, and she became suddenly so thirsty. She crawled over to the sleeping man and put her mouth to his tear. The single tear was like a river, and she drank and drank and drank until her many years long thirst was slacked. And while lying beside him, she took ot his heart, the mighty drum,. And she sat up and banged on both sides of it. As she drummed, she began to sing out, flesh,lesh, flesh, flesh. And the more she sang, the more her body filled out with flesh. When she was all done, she also sang the sleeping man's clothes off