Willies

The Willies is a strange little horror anthology for kids.

2008 May | Scary For Kids 2008

The sky-line was lit up with thousands of flashes, large and small, each one showing, for a second, trenches or trees or houses, and during this tornado we knew that the "Willies" must have started forward on their errand.

Life in a Tank Richard Haigh

The "Willies" themselves had had the best of care and attention.

Life in a Tank Richard Haigh

The others brought the "Willies" in by the evening.

Life in a Tank Richard Haigh

In a word, we had succumbed to the "Willies," and would permit no man to utter a word of criticism against them.

Life in a Tank Richard Haigh

There is also a place for a gun in the rear, but this is rarely used, for "Willies" do not often turn tail and flee!

Life in a Tank Richard Haigh

The innumerable mechanical and electrical devices unknown ten years ago, such as enormous rapid-firing guns, walking "Willies," wireless machines, traction engines, smokeless and noiseless powder, silent-sleepers and tear-bombs, all of these have greatly increased man's power of offence and defence, yet with all these ultra-modern improvements, animals are absolutely essential in waging a successful war.

The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923

There was something that rather gave you the "Willies" in the way this little cripple seemed to have taken to the dead man and worried along all these years thinking him over and asking questions and studying up the Klondike because he was killed there.

T. Tembarom 1913

And there’s lots of hills and forests to play in called the Willies, and there’s fiddlers and a wonderful school and playgrounds and lots of children to play with.

Fallen Hearts V.C. ANDREWS 1988

And there’s lots of hills and forests to play in called the Willies, and there’s fiddlers and a wonderful school and playgrounds and lots of children to play with.

Fallen Hearts V.C. ANDREWS 1988