Dad: Hey Son.
Son: Hey Dad. What is it now?
Dad: Sorry I can’t be there. I was delayed on business.449Please respect copyright.PENANAd5JPmWPi3q
Dad: It’s only for one night. I’ll be home tomorrow.449Please respect copyright.PENANAZaiGkChu3G
Dad: Are you sure you’re OK on your own?449Please respect copyright.PENANAC3Hoy14rxe
Dad: I could still get a babysitter to come over…
Son: *GROAN* I don’t need a babysitter.449Please respect copyright.PENANAjThJjncQgI
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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAoAyLoMBIcp
Dad: All grown up and nothing can scare you anymore.
Son: Well… Your stories are kind of lame.449Please respect copyright.PENANAPOWkpf7Yjf
Son: Sorry, Dad. Just being honest.449Please respect copyright.PENANACuYPMxCjnu
Son: If you’re going to tell a scary story,449Please respect copyright.PENANAUbo6EDXh23
Son: You need to make sure it’s REALLY scary.
Dad: I see…449Please respect copyright.PENANAIsz5rnQAKi
Dad: Well, there is one story I could tell you…449Please respect copyright.PENANAopL1dmmelk
Dad: But… I don’t know…449Please respect copyright.PENANAubAvjai1z0
Dad: It might be a bit too scary.
Son: I can handle it.
Dad: OK… Here we go.449Please respect copyright.PENANAlXv6A4mp3Y
Dad: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Colby.
Son: Ugh. The start is like a fairytale.
Dad: Bear with me…449Please respect copyright.PENANAfE15lkg0li
Dad: This boy named Colby used the Internet a lot.449Please respect copyright.PENANAwfFNCFaseS
Dad: He joined a lot of websites.449Please respect copyright.PENANAaQaIXEACkA
Dad: He started talking to other kids online.449Please respect copyright.PENANAyUdWszHX7c
Dad: He made friends with another boy named StrangerDanger23.449Please respect copyright.PENANA5uAzOXHkYa
Dad: They liked the same movies and TV shows.449Please respect copyright.PENANACNJqgGklK6
Dad: They played games together online.449Please respect copyright.PENANAdGbvZBqWXN
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…449Please respect copyright.PENANAsNkXu0CKVC
Dad: After they had been friends for a few months,449Please respect copyright.PENANAtLMv9eBBRx
Dad: StrangerDanger heard that Colby’s birthday was coming up.449Please respect copyright.PENANAXJArHrKck3
Dad: Since they were best friends,449Please respect copyright.PENANAZA0dkUSAhK
Dad: StrangerDanger23 wanted to send him a cool present.449Please respect copyright.PENANAkSoPwewvk3
Dad: He asked Colby for his home address.449Please respect copyright.PENANA80NpgEBuf9
Dad: Colby was hesitant at first.449Please respect copyright.PENANAXsLktcXEQv
Dad: He thought about it for a while.449Please respect copyright.PENANAc2fUhRJpsK
Dad: He has known StrangerDanger23 for a long time,449Please respect copyright.PENANAqObmisz5oz
Dad: So he figured it wouldn’t hurt to give him his address449Please respect copyright.PENANA1bvUZVEeL0
Dad: As long as he promised not to give it to anyone else.449Please respect copyright.PENANAIDpxuxCIIT
Dad: StrangerDanger23 swore he wouldn’t.449Please respect copyright.PENANAP4aB4K4v4L
Dad: So Colby gave him the address and StrangerDanger23 said449Please respect copyright.PENANAsNFgNWYc4h
Dad: He would mail the package right away.449Please respect copyright.PENANA8uXtgKRHPn
Dad: Do you think that was a good idea?
Son: Uh… probably not.
Dad: Well, after a while, neither did Colby.449Please respect copyright.PENANAYjPHZyrLls
Dad: The boy had second thoughts about giving out his address449Please respect copyright.PENANAUYGg3R7PG1
Dad: Especially to someone he didn’t really know.449Please respect copyright.PENANAeNscMlcauI
Dad: His parents had always told him not to do that.449Please respect copyright.PENANAsJyuJDP2lY
Dad: He felt nervous and guilty about it.449Please respect copyright.PENANAMRNgSnbrSJ
Dad: The fear and the guilt grew and grew,449Please respect copyright.PENANAsrIm306Czi
Dad: Until they were gnawing away at him.449Please respect copyright.PENANAjlgTic7Oxy
Dad: By bedtime the next night,449Please respect copyright.PENANAbFbQJvbzoA
Dad: He decided to tell his parents what he had done.449Please respect copyright.PENANAiRBLx2V7N2
Dad: They would probably be angry. They might even punish him.449Please respect copyright.PENANAsSEZjojR4H
Dad: But it would be worth it to put his mind at ease.449Please respect copyright.PENANAgXoZedGiNz
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.449Please respect copyright.PENANATVm08b9qjb
Dad: He listened to all the noises throughout the house.449Please respect copyright.PENANAtcwJTXUsrT
Dad: The humming of the refrigerator in the kitchen.449Please respect copyright.PENANA1oKCbA8pGB
Dad: The sound of the TV in the living room.449Please respect copyright.PENANAz2FrlYzi5a
Dad: The cries of his baby brother in the next room.449Please respect copyright.PENANAV2asx2Psbk
Dad: The soft patter of the rain outside.449Please respect copyright.PENANAwqm2lmHvRJ
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.449Please respect copyright.PENANA14p0Rf1uZv
Dad: Finally, he heard his dad’s footsteps coming up the stairs.449Please respect copyright.PENANAKic1psA3OG
Dad: “Hey Dad?” Colby called out nervously.449Please respect copyright.PENANAVFNG9pJsg8
Dad: “Can I talk to you for a minute?”449Please respect copyright.PENANAQA8IwrWpOu
Dad: In the darkness, he saw the bedroom door slowly creak open.449Please respect copyright.PENANAeBBWVeNf6A
Dad: His dad stuck his head through the doorway.449Please respect copyright.PENANACKKA6Jnsz7
Dad: “Yes, son” said his dad in a muffled voice.449Please respect copyright.PENANAe9Peipmbfp
Dad: “Are you okay, Dad?” the boy asked.449Please respect copyright.PENANAke0VbCsjiv
Dad: “Yes, Son,” his dad replied.449Please respect copyright.PENANAwCJ79fF6Fl
Dad: “Ummm… Is Mom around?”449Please respect copyright.PENANAX8lI8QRs1Q
Dad: “Here I am!” said his mom in a high-pitched voice.449Please respect copyright.PENANAWCHtfbw1C2
Dad: She stuck her head through the doorway as well.449Please respect copyright.PENANAzX8Vv76xfX
Dad: “What do you want to tell us?” she asked.449Please respect copyright.PENANAYWWjirwNUs
Dad: “Um… I think I made a big mistake,” said Colby.449Please respect copyright.PENANAIGxF4DVF8h
Dad: “I accidentally gave our address to someone on the internet”449Please respect copyright.PENANAIijwM05da9
Dad: “Oh, you shouldn’t have done that!” said his mom.449Please respect copyright.PENANAtgYcuuUdnR
Dad: “We told you never to do that!”449Please respect copyright.PENANAHSbZws4rQI
Dad: “Who did you give it to?” asked his dad.449Please respect copyright.PENANAVWhMHhyI35
Dad: “Um… this kid named StrangerDanger23,” said Colby.449Please respect copyright.PENANAjS2ebXtSbN
Dad: “Oh, but he wasn’t really a kid!” said his mom.449Please respect copyright.PENANAuieg9T0OHv
Dad: “He just pretended to be a kid to fool you.”449Please respect copyright.PENANAZvs2LL2cKU
Dad: “And do you know what he did?”449Please respect copyright.PENANAbgdKnMna8k
Dad: “He broke into our house and murdered both of us!”449Please respect copyright.PENANAcf63YAhmlv
Dad: “Just so he could spend some time with you!”
Son: Oh God!
Dad: All of a sudden, the door opened wide.449Please respect copyright.PENANAs5f8B9n0cc
Dad: A fat man in a yellow raincoat stood there in the doorway.449Please respect copyright.PENANA4QFPZG8xdk
Dad: He was holding something in his hands.449Please respect copyright.PENANAmS0CsVnRWk
Dad: The severed heads of Colby’s mom and dad.449Please respect copyright.PENANADaADCZuNcf
Dad: Colby gasped and let out a shriek of terror.449Please respect copyright.PENANASvEeyrt2LD
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.449Please respect copyright.PENANA4mfp5FMYUg
Dad: His terrified screams had become pitiful whimpers.449Please respect copyright.PENANAyztANZ2gKw
Dad: Then the killer noticed something.449Please respect copyright.PENANAJvK7UopL64
Dad: He heard the baby crying in the other room.449Please respect copyright.PENANAwyQ7etZTi1
Dad: He bent down and pulled his knife out of the449Please respect copyright.PENANAHbS7MFBtoQ
Dad: Bloody mess that had once been Colby.449Please respect copyright.PENANAxMi42BylQE
Dad: Then he turned and followed the sound of the baby’s cries.449Please respect copyright.PENANA1zKpa2DWtB
Dad: When he got to the nursery, he walked up to the crib.449Please respect copyright.PENANAPE9xtMMQYI
Dad: He picked the baby up and held it in his arms.449Please respect copyright.PENANAvXdLCd0J5b
Dad: The baby stopped crying. It looked up at him and smiled.449Please respect copyright.PENANA25ol8NgEhM
Dad: The man had never held a baby before.449Please respect copyright.PENANAmr4op9YpLb
Dad: He stroked the baby’s cheek.449Please respect copyright.PENANAHt0C5wfFRs
Dad: He walked out of the nursery and took the baby with him.449Please respect copyright.PENANAunc1w7InTz
Dad: He took the baby home and raised him as his very own son.449Please respect copyright.PENANAUTiCcFXV8I
Dad: He named him “William”.
Son: But Dad… my name is William.
Dad: I know it is, Son.449Please respect copyright.PENANAjHBNd2dLmR
Dad: Son?449Please respect copyright.PENANAect5wYOQ7a
Dad: Will?449Please respect copyright.PENANAmQFZa84Dcq
Dad: William?449Please respect copyright.PENANAS5IWNDyNuv
Dad: You still there, Son?449Please respect copyright.PENANAqKupAcersx
Dad: Was that story scary enough for you?449Please respect copyright.PENANAHczZoNnVru
Dad: Want to hear another?449Please respect copyright.PENANAkD0AMTmtFo
Dad: LOL. Sleep tight, Son.