Trees are unchancy in Fantasyland. There are four kinds: …
4. Supernatural. These are: …
c) an Ash Woman. She will look exactly like a real woman and try to seduce any male Tourists lost in a Wood, but if you go round behind her you will find she has no back. She is the shell of a female imprinted on a bent piece of bark. Ash Women can be dangerous. If you find a strange woman in a wood, always go round behind her and check before getting seduced.
- Diana Wynne Jones, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, pp.207-8
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