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She ignored him and continued.

There is this beautiful woman who sits in

the rivers of Jamaica, an appearance so

horrifying that no one that saw her face

lived to tell the tale. She comes out of the

river, sits on a rock and combs her tall long

black hair. At her feet in the river are all the

fishes which she calls her children.

Shawn yawned and said “ah

granny yuh lame, wi still aguh dung a the

river” before she could tell them that River

Muma draws everybody that stare at her or

disturbs her to the bottom of the river, the

boys ran to the river. When they reached to

the river Shawn said to his brother “dawg

yuh nuh see seh granny a try scare wi wid

har fool fool story”