"The owl said, "Go through the dark woods, under the apple trees, into the swamp, over the crick-"
"What's a crick?" A little river.

A quick google search tells me crick is apparently a painful stiff feeling in the neck.So what's going on??

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"The owl said, "Go through the dark woods, under the apple trees, into the swamp, over  the crick-"
"What's a crick?" A little river. 

A quick google search tells me crick is apparently a painful stiff feeling in the neck.So what's going on??

anonymous · Answer

Was it a type and supposed to be creek?

anonymous · Answer

typo*

anonymous · Answer

I don't know, I wrote word to word what was written in my textbook.

anonymous · Answer

The word has been used about 3 times, all with the same spelling

anonymous · Answer

Well, you're correct about crick being a stiff pain in the neck, so I have no idea why they would put that.

anonymous · Answer

Is there no other meaning to crick?

anonymous · Answer

Let me check real quick

anonymous · Answer

Ok

anonymous · Answer

It can be a verb which means to give..no idea why, or it can mean CREEK!

anonymous · Answer

I searched a little found this on yahoo answers, it is sometimes used instead of creek, like a different spelling but pronounced as creek

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, i found it under wiki and dictionary.com, so it's just a substitute for creek.

anonymous · Answer

Alright, thanks then!

anonymous · Answer

Anytime.