Dad: Hey Son.
Son: Hey Dad. What is it now?
Dad: Sorry I can’t be there. I was delayed on business.443Please respect copyright.PENANAh52Up5z2ku
Dad: It’s only for one night. I’ll be home tomorrow.443Please respect copyright.PENANAmff8ZTjKce
Dad: Are you sure you’re OK on your own?443Please respect copyright.PENANA1Sh0KjwuFP
Dad: I could still get a babysitter to come over…
Son: *GROAN* I don’t need a babysitter.443Please respect copyright.PENANA0LcFfufgh2
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.443Please respect copyright.PENANA3kvdBmbyik
Dad: All grown up and nothing can scare you anymore.
Son: Well… Your stories are kind of lame.443Please respect copyright.PENANAd4Sqbm2KKU
Son: Sorry, Dad. Just being honest.443Please respect copyright.PENANAX7QjY0BlCr
Son: If you’re going to tell a scary story,443Please respect copyright.PENANANhvJEJKICe
Son: You need to make sure it’s REALLY scary.
Dad: I see…443Please respect copyright.PENANAJHWQFKhXtk
Dad: Well, there is one story I could tell you…443Please respect copyright.PENANABSkY9KtKwg
Dad: But… I don’t know…443Please respect copyright.PENANA2yKPr4RCo3
Dad: It might be a bit too scary.
Son: I can handle it.
Dad: OK… Here we go.443Please respect copyright.PENANAP6H5YVMXTc
Dad: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Colby.
Son: Ugh. The start is like a fairytale.
Dad: Bear with me…443Please respect copyright.PENANAkIyHaAtWEs
Dad: This boy named Colby used the Internet a lot.443Please respect copyright.PENANAqMScbLc6qS
Dad: He joined a lot of websites.443Please respect copyright.PENANAtrGAh9JUJj
Dad: He started talking to other kids online.443Please respect copyright.PENANAa5lamgaOr3
Dad: He made friends with another boy named StrangerDanger23.443Please respect copyright.PENANAefK41KNl0X
Dad: They liked the same movies and TV shows.443Please respect copyright.PENANAq0asEnYJJc
Dad: They played games together online.443Please respect copyright.PENANAC1QW5CAvC9
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…443Please respect copyright.PENANAFMRINu4ECH
Dad: After they had been friends for a few months,443Please respect copyright.PENANA86O8MeEMn5
Dad: StrangerDanger heard that Colby’s birthday was coming up.443Please respect copyright.PENANA2yfYW69de0
Dad: Since they were best friends,443Please respect copyright.PENANAfX89cTxkyR
Dad: StrangerDanger23 wanted to send him a cool present.443Please respect copyright.PENANADoNl4zIOXF
Dad: He asked Colby for his home address.443Please respect copyright.PENANABQGDzMaUTP
Dad: Colby was hesitant at first.443Please respect copyright.PENANA9dhg1xBkEy
Dad: He thought about it for a while.443Please respect copyright.PENANAEfJMxlqEoJ
Dad: He has known StrangerDanger23 for a long time,443Please respect copyright.PENANAHLXpeH5PEM
Dad: So he figured it wouldn’t hurt to give him his address443Please respect copyright.PENANAI7mlNQnIcb
Dad: As long as he promised not to give it to anyone else.443Please respect copyright.PENANA1S6rXva4gS
Dad: StrangerDanger23 swore he wouldn’t.443Please respect copyright.PENANARDKOHhOjF0
Dad: So Colby gave him the address and StrangerDanger23 said443Please respect copyright.PENANABOx0cA36WY
Dad: He would mail the package right away.443Please respect copyright.PENANAg893MNLkS4
Dad: Do you think that was a good idea?
Son: Uh… probably not.
Dad: Well, after a while, neither did Colby.443Please respect copyright.PENANAkq0TaocX84
Dad: The boy had second thoughts about giving out his address443Please respect copyright.PENANAIaikszwIad
Dad: Especially to someone he didn’t really know.443Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1uEtuvJ6M
Dad: His parents had always told him not to do that.443Please respect copyright.PENANAZG6TAMc182
Dad: He felt nervous and guilty about it.443Please respect copyright.PENANA7EOXfvjlbQ
Dad: The fear and the guilt grew and grew,443Please respect copyright.PENANAoNNU6jn9cw
Dad: Until they were gnawing away at him.443Please respect copyright.PENANAUJb1kBQqtl
Dad: By bedtime the next night,443Please respect copyright.PENANAbSXM2qwc7e
Dad: He decided to tell his parents what he had done.443Please respect copyright.PENANA21rbxV8rQF
Dad: They would probably be angry. They might even punish him.443Please respect copyright.PENANAwUDHslOPr2
Dad: But it would be worth it to put his mind at ease.443Please respect copyright.PENANAixTr12UBy8
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.443Please respect copyright.PENANAtNs7ftdlbj
Dad: He listened to all the noises throughout the house.443Please respect copyright.PENANAzDNckDxoKy
Dad: The humming of the refrigerator in the kitchen.443Please respect copyright.PENANAED7qM92uUs
Dad: The sound of the TV in the living room.443Please respect copyright.PENANAwy5BPnhvs7
Dad: The cries of his baby brother in the next room.443Please respect copyright.PENANAgXVxhhczL2
Dad: The soft patter of the rain outside.443Please respect copyright.PENANAI4tcB90NJw
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.443Please respect copyright.PENANA7T4LMzb1LN
Dad: Finally, he heard his dad’s footsteps coming up the stairs.443Please respect copyright.PENANAdMnKuSYFzo
Dad: “Hey Dad?” Colby called out nervously.443Please respect copyright.PENANArKxNIIuW90
Dad: “Can I talk to you for a minute?”443Please respect copyright.PENANAPqwZREcQiX
Dad: In the darkness, he saw the bedroom door slowly creak open.443Please respect copyright.PENANAtPefZjQw1C
Dad: His dad stuck his head through the doorway.443Please respect copyright.PENANAjpVxYeZMjm
Dad: “Yes, son” said his dad in a muffled voice.443Please respect copyright.PENANAIoxccWjXzH
Dad: “Are you okay, Dad?” the boy asked.443Please respect copyright.PENANAuET8AAQ0C6
Dad: “Yes, Son,” his dad replied.443Please respect copyright.PENANAFFaY21YhNq
Dad: “Ummm… Is Mom around?”443Please respect copyright.PENANAgMsihzHoLK
Dad: “Here I am!” said his mom in a high-pitched voice.443Please respect copyright.PENANAAr4zhlcNoO
Dad: She stuck her head through the doorway as well.443Please respect copyright.PENANAxNhdSvzEF3
Dad: “What do you want to tell us?” she asked.443Please respect copyright.PENANAIDqSDdsngy
Dad: “Um… I think I made a big mistake,” said Colby.443Please respect copyright.PENANALx8PkIIT3l
Dad: “I accidentally gave our address to someone on the internet”443Please respect copyright.PENANAdYEnlbpVXY
Dad: “Oh, you shouldn’t have done that!” said his mom.443Please respect copyright.PENANAYKMgXLt3O5
Dad: “We told you never to do that!”443Please respect copyright.PENANAIQFLCuQC8I
Dad: “Who did you give it to?” asked his dad.443Please respect copyright.PENANAuafpQy62y2
Dad: “Um… this kid named StrangerDanger23,” said Colby.443Please respect copyright.PENANAAJZc4FzyrD
Dad: “Oh, but he wasn’t really a kid!” said his mom.443Please respect copyright.PENANA2wt4yQ2urF
Dad: “He just pretended to be a kid to fool you.”443Please respect copyright.PENANABp3b48IFiK
Dad: “And do you know what he did?”443Please respect copyright.PENANAn6TxUp97HC
Dad: “He broke into our house and murdered both of us!”443Please respect copyright.PENANAVu0jk7ZBpf
Dad: “Just so he could spend some time with you!”
Son: Oh God!
Dad: All of a sudden, the door opened wide.443Please respect copyright.PENANAUHtyTQYkdm
Dad: A fat man in a yellow raincoat stood there in the doorway.443Please respect copyright.PENANAM7XXfGXZp3
Dad: He was holding something in his hands.443Please respect copyright.PENANAlpaD8VNgiM
Dad: The severed heads of Colby’s mom and dad.443Please respect copyright.PENANAGSXkKtL7zC
Dad: Colby gasped and let out a shriek of terror.443Please respect copyright.PENANAUe3wv4F8nF
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.443Please respect copyright.PENANAbYjaNWPNHd
Dad: His terrified screams had become pitiful whimpers.443Please respect copyright.PENANA7xQFh4BD3a
Dad: Then the killer noticed something.443Please respect copyright.PENANAjhNM20B3Ri
Dad: He heard the baby crying in the other room.443Please respect copyright.PENANAJGSOBbWDO6
Dad: He bent down and pulled his knife out of the443Please respect copyright.PENANAio7E0xXTNa
Dad: Bloody mess that had once been Colby.443Please respect copyright.PENANAt4x95oIsuS
Dad: Then he turned and followed the sound of the baby’s cries.443Please respect copyright.PENANAU5APfYwWVk
Dad: When he got to the nursery, he walked up to the crib.443Please respect copyright.PENANAXPsWciKNP0
Dad: He picked the baby up and held it in his arms.443Please respect copyright.PENANAGoYJ0nZIPT
Dad: The baby stopped crying. It looked up at him and smiled.443Please respect copyright.PENANAV77oyJddgT
Dad: The man had never held a baby before.443Please respect copyright.PENANAP7Wu5YPboE
Dad: He stroked the baby’s cheek.443Please respect copyright.PENANAmQdLWtvuz8
Dad: He walked out of the nursery and took the baby with him.443Please respect copyright.PENANApiuD9UJO5w
Dad: He took the baby home and raised him as his very own son.443Please respect copyright.PENANAqnPrmeZ9pP
Dad: He named him “William”.
Son: But Dad… my name is William.
Dad: I know it is, Son.443Please respect copyright.PENANAf2MaH1YDN0
Dad: Son?443Please respect copyright.PENANA1RRTqYR55b
Dad: Will?443Please respect copyright.PENANAecqWWKjq7E
Dad: William?443Please respect copyright.PENANANM2gtrctrP
Dad: You still there, Son?443Please respect copyright.PENANAqnMYLpUADW
Dad: Was that story scary enough for you?443Please respect copyright.PENANANiXzGVtGYc
Dad: Want to hear another?443Please respect copyright.PENANAyrGzHIDItL
Dad: LOL. Sleep tight, Son.