What happens if you go out in the woods?

“Don’t go out in the woods, don’t go out,” they said.
“Why not? Why should I not go out in the woods tonight?” she asked.
“A big wolf lives there who eats humans such as you. Don’t go out in the woods, don’t go out. We mean it.”
Naturally she went out.

If you don’t go out in the woods, nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.

from “The Wolf’s Eyelash” by C.P. Estes