I am not going to tell you what that woman who lived in that corner house down the block from our childhood home used to do. You don't need to know the details, and it would give you nightmares. Suffice it to say, she used to bake ginger bread cookies, and use them as bait to lure kids into her home. They say women are less likely than men to do this - well, my sister and I testified to the fact that statistics are at times overrated. We were shocked to find out from the police that we had not been the first kids lured in by her magic. However, unlike the others we made sure we were the last. Children, if anyone ever does anything unspeakable to you, make sure to speak up about it. Sometimes evil lives in a gingerbread house, but just because noone yet knows about it, and just because the evil appears nice, don't assume noone will listen to you just because you are kids. Sometimes I dream that we shoved her into an oven instead of getting her arrested, and the cleansing fire burned away her dirty deeds.