The time is nigh, the end is near
the final riddle now is here.
In the story down below
you'll find some words you're sure to know.
Take one word forward and one word back
rearrange and type the final phrase in slack
Once upon a cold 2020, a Boulder creature awoke. It was still. A little too still. Not honks, not beeps, not snow stirring, nothing. It was not Festivus even! But this little creature, it was North Pole mouse I think, breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Because it got to stop trying to figure out these friggin clues.