Dad: Hey Son.
Son: Hey Dad. What is it now?
Dad: Sorry I can’t be there. I was delayed on business.700Please respect copyright.PENANATSgpDom7RK
Dad: It’s only for one night. I’ll be home tomorrow.700Please respect copyright.PENANAKW3444YzWf
Dad: Are you sure you’re OK on your own?700Please respect copyright.PENANA16cCPS7XXr
Dad: I could still get a babysitter to come over…
Son: *GROAN* I don’t need a babysitter.700Please respect copyright.PENANAsHdRdOftwW
Son: I’m 10. I can take care of myself.
Dad: Are you sure? It can be scary spending the night alone.
Son: Yeah, I’m sure.
Dad: Well it’s past your bedtime.
Son: GAH!
Dad: How about I tell you a bedtime story?
Son: *SIGH* If you must.
Dad: Something wrong?
Son: Is this going to be another stupid scary story?
Dad: What? I thought you liked my stories.
Son: Maybe when I was a little kid, but they’re not scary now.
Dad: Alright. I get it. So now you’re 10, you’re a big man.700Please respect copyright.PENANArvBfIkIHyw
Dad: All grown up and nothing can scare you anymore.
Son: Well… Your stories are kind of lame.700Please respect copyright.PENANALGe8E7iJsh
Son: Sorry, Dad. Just being honest.700Please respect copyright.PENANAJgDcfLFhxC
Son: If you’re going to tell a scary story,700Please respect copyright.PENANAHEJHKgS027
Son: You need to make sure it’s REALLY scary.
Dad: I see…700Please respect copyright.PENANA5GbtEmEx5E
Dad: Well, there is one story I could tell you…700Please respect copyright.PENANAMSHUfIOWej
Dad: But… I don’t know…700Please respect copyright.PENANA55o4cOXIHv
Dad: It might be a bit too scary.
Son: I can handle it.
Dad: OK… Here we go.700Please respect copyright.PENANAhjc7rFFRHQ
Dad: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Colby.
Son: Ugh. The start is like a fairytale.
Dad: Bear with me…700Please respect copyright.PENANAl5bNgtbmyb
Dad: This boy named Colby used the Internet a lot.700Please respect copyright.PENANAxK4Kc9sRLx
Dad: He joined a lot of websites.700Please respect copyright.PENANAbGXBxnZx5l
Dad: He started talking to other kids online.700Please respect copyright.PENANAPp9tBYRArg
Dad: He made friends with another boy named StrangerDanger23.700Please respect copyright.PENANADU5NWfwGtj
Dad: They liked the same movies and TV shows.700Please respect copyright.PENANAP8i9n9lRQK
Dad: They played games together online.700Please respect copyright.PENANA74kG4x0E7O
Dad: They chatted and laughed at each other’s jokes.
Son: Then they got married and lived happily ever after. The End.
Dad: Not quite…700Please respect copyright.PENANAi3kHvY7Civ
Dad: After they had been friends for a few months,700Please respect copyright.PENANAg9V3vOjA3N
Dad: StrangerDanger heard that Colby’s birthday was coming up.700Please respect copyright.PENANAAzfcvb2eOp
Dad: Since they were best friends,700Please respect copyright.PENANAxcTa435SFJ
Dad: StrangerDanger23 wanted to send him a cool present.700Please respect copyright.PENANAkdHCoBAWxE
Dad: He asked Colby for his home address.700Please respect copyright.PENANAYV59Nwu6uH
Dad: Colby was hesitant at first.700Please respect copyright.PENANAXr6EYnPKKf
Dad: He thought about it for a while.700Please respect copyright.PENANAJB2BVsELrs
Dad: He has known StrangerDanger23 for a long time,700Please respect copyright.PENANARok4qMDe6u
Dad: So he figured it wouldn’t hurt to give him his address700Please respect copyright.PENANAbAuAOfy5mv
Dad: As long as he promised not to give it to anyone else.700Please respect copyright.PENANA8yl9gdUIBw
Dad: StrangerDanger23 swore he wouldn’t.700Please respect copyright.PENANAf7Led7wdOH
Dad: So Colby gave him the address and StrangerDanger23 said700Please respect copyright.PENANAzUDPfZ6jZX
Dad: He would mail the package right away.700Please respect copyright.PENANASoQ7gywSdo
Dad: Do you think that was a good idea?
Son: Uh… probably not.
Dad: Well, after a while, neither did Colby.700Please respect copyright.PENANAO4dKPBR4xX
Dad: The boy had second thoughts about giving out his address700Please respect copyright.PENANAgEzNWlHZuq
Dad: Especially to someone he didn’t really know.700Please respect copyright.PENANAKyuiecZleN
Dad: His parents had always told him not to do that.700Please respect copyright.PENANA7RnpFWq3dA
Dad: He felt nervous and guilty about it.700Please respect copyright.PENANAMAdJcreDrf
Dad: The fear and the guilt grew and grew,700Please respect copyright.PENANANn115dzIoq
Dad: Until they were gnawing away at him.700Please respect copyright.PENANARuM1lZ84bV
Dad: By bedtime the next night,700Please respect copyright.PENANAlGpZvKcRrC
Dad: He decided to tell his parents what he had done.700Please respect copyright.PENANAtBSQlmC7c7
Dad: They would probably be angry. They might even punish him.700Please respect copyright.PENANAIxhCuAidUT
Dad: But it would be worth it to put his mind at ease.700Please respect copyright.PENANAkdWJzns1g3
Dad: He lay in his bed as he waited for his parents to come upstairs to tuck him in.
Dad: Colby lay there in the darkness and listened.700Please respect copyright.PENANAWf7g8T3O9p
Dad: He listened to all the noises throughout the house.700Please respect copyright.PENANARYl45hq80P
Dad: The humming of the refrigerator in the kitchen.700Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2ZmgRPPLC
Dad: The sound of the TV in the living room.700Please respect copyright.PENANA8XypdaON0u
Dad: The cries of his baby brother in the next room.700Please respect copyright.PENANAcJSlIMS3Bw
Dad: The soft patter of the rain outside.700Please respect copyright.PENANAF84lZV57uL
Dad: The scraping of branches against his window.
Son: This story is putting me to sleep.
Dad: But there were some other noises he couldn’t quite account for.700Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4UYTuHwQr
Dad: Finally, he heard his dad’s footsteps coming up the stairs.700Please respect copyright.PENANAj7rOYX5uhx
Dad: “Hey Dad?” Colby called out nervously.700Please respect copyright.PENANAXnN4UMcSkG
Dad: “Can I talk to you for a minute?”700Please respect copyright.PENANAYx3zB0YXN8
Dad: In the darkness, he saw the bedroom door slowly creak open.700Please respect copyright.PENANAfAvbWcY6b2
Dad: His dad stuck his head through the doorway.700Please respect copyright.PENANA6wjIqRI7vA
Dad: “Yes, son” said his dad in a muffled voice.700Please respect copyright.PENANAx4c4yAJrxE
Dad: “Are you okay, Dad?” the boy asked.700Please respect copyright.PENANAeeV1xes3oD
Dad: “Yes, Son,” his dad replied.700Please respect copyright.PENANAmXtgMjpCdL
Dad: “Ummm… Is Mom around?”700Please respect copyright.PENANAMfBlZsiJmp
Dad: “Here I am!” said his mom in a high-pitched voice.700Please respect copyright.PENANAEgHWYlaFn1
Dad: She stuck her head through the doorway as well.700Please respect copyright.PENANAXoQzaIHck7
Dad: “What do you want to tell us?” she asked.700Please respect copyright.PENANAcKUg8XGg7C
Dad: “Um… I think I made a big mistake,” said Colby.700Please respect copyright.PENANAlNJJD3UO6Y
Dad: “I accidentally gave our address to someone on the internet”700Please respect copyright.PENANA9TdLv55cnT
Dad: “Oh, you shouldn’t have done that!” said his mom.700Please respect copyright.PENANA5vSvwC6K3S
Dad: “We told you never to do that!”700Please respect copyright.PENANAiehhNFDfoD
Dad: “Who did you give it to?” asked his dad.700Please respect copyright.PENANAjkXmccUlQZ
Dad: “Um… this kid named StrangerDanger23,” said Colby.700Please respect copyright.PENANAiVCY9D1ag8
Dad: “Oh, but he wasn’t really a kid!” said his mom.700Please respect copyright.PENANARYxB5GTXsD
Dad: “He just pretended to be a kid to fool you.”700Please respect copyright.PENANAvbZgRfwxyO
Dad: “And do you know what he did?”700Please respect copyright.PENANAk6SG7hfiWa
Dad: “He broke into our house and murdered both of us!”700Please respect copyright.PENANAAIqbExOZ1K
Dad: “Just so he could spend some time with you!”
Son: Oh God!
Dad: All of a sudden, the door opened wide.700Please respect copyright.PENANA8yLDkfTVwU
Dad: A fat man in a yellow raincoat stood there in the doorway.700Please respect copyright.PENANA9g3SoUUjuc
Dad: He was holding something in his hands.700Please respect copyright.PENANAFljmSze1Se
Dad: The severed heads of Colby’s mom and dad.700Please respect copyright.PENANA8ghrY4mt4z
Dad: Colby gasped and let out a shriek of terror.700Please respect copyright.PENANAfNICGjN6gG
Dad: The man dropped the heads on the floor and took out his knife.
Son: NO NO NO!
Dad: After several hours, the boy was almost dead.700Please respect copyright.PENANAD6Kzz5VYIu
Dad: His terrified screams had become pitiful whimpers.700Please respect copyright.PENANARRotTaJs9m
Dad: Then the killer noticed something.700Please respect copyright.PENANANGIo47qpVP
Dad: He heard the baby crying in the other room.700Please respect copyright.PENANAGOGlEn2yHq
Dad: He bent down and pulled his knife out of the700Please respect copyright.PENANAcLVm9cS9dX
Dad: Bloody mess that had once been Colby.700Please respect copyright.PENANAmglOITjnuC
Dad: Then he turned and followed the sound of the baby’s cries.700Please respect copyright.PENANAK1ufW7rxPx
Dad: When he got to the nursery, he walked up to the crib.700Please respect copyright.PENANAfIGov8FjD9
Dad: He picked the baby up and held it in his arms.700Please respect copyright.PENANARpRFHWI6s9
Dad: The baby stopped crying. It looked up at him and smiled.700Please respect copyright.PENANAl7O9H9pMlt
Dad: The man had never held a baby before.700Please respect copyright.PENANAgXkRLfP6PH
Dad: He stroked the baby’s cheek.700Please respect copyright.PENANAXQWPhmyOjE
Dad: He walked out of the nursery and took the baby with him.700Please respect copyright.PENANASBk4jtwN2A
Dad: He took the baby home and raised him as his very own son.700Please respect copyright.PENANAhgvk6o559V
Dad: He named him “William”.
Son: But Dad… my name is William.
Dad: I know it is, Son.700Please respect copyright.PENANABxebYp2MwM
Dad: Son?700Please respect copyright.PENANA3E8ru9rOVu
Dad: Will?700Please respect copyright.PENANATqLeqPe9q3
Dad: William?700Please respect copyright.PENANAxd7nJrZIPA
Dad: You still there, Son?700Please respect copyright.PENANALqpYDb3m18
Dad: Was that story scary enough for you?700Please respect copyright.PENANABHEibW7DYq
Dad: Want to hear another?700Please respect copyright.PENANAYutwYlLgDc
Dad: LOL. Sleep tight, Son.