The link was broken, but I do believe it is called “The Girl With the Green Ribbon Around Her Neck”.

A long time ago there was a little girl who had a green ribbon around her neck. One day she went to school and met a boy named Jim. Jim sat behind her in class and noticed the ribbon under her pig tails.

“Why do you wear that ribbon around your neck?” he asked. “Someday I’ll tell you,” she promised.

When they were teenagers, Jim asked the girl on a date. While they were drinking frappes, Jim asked again, “Why do you wear that green ribbon around your neck?” She laughed nervously and said, “Well maybe if we ever get married I’ll tell you.”

Jim fell in love with Jane, and one day he proposed to Jane and she said yes! They planned a big wedding, and Jane hinted that she might tell him about the green ribbon around her neck on their wedding day. But somehow, with his new beautiful bride, and the lovely reception, Jim never got around to asking Jane about it. And when he did remember, she got a bit teary-eyed, and said: “We are so happy together, what difference does it make? I’ll tell you someday.” And he decided Jane was right.

Jim and Jane raised a family of four, and led a full and happy life. When their golden anniversary rolled around, Jim decided once again to ask Jane about the green ribbon around her neck. It was the first time he’d brought it up since their wedding. Whenever their children asked him about it, he’d always hushed them, and somehow none of the kids had dared ask their mother. Jane gave Jim a sad, melancholy look and said: “Jim, you’ve waited this long. You can wait awhile longer.”

So he dropped it. Just accepted the fact that his wife wore a mysterious green ribbon around her neck all the time. They grew old together, then the woman got very sick, went to the hospital, and the doctor said she it was time to put her affairs in order. She was going to die. Her distraught husband sat by her side for days, and finally said, “please, tell me now, why do you have that ribbon around your neck? In a croaky voice, with a sad smile, she said, “okay, I’ll tell you, take it off now.”

With unsure hands, Jim untied the knot on the green ribbon around his wife’s neck.

And Jane’s head fell off.