Dad: Hey Son.
Son: Hey Dad. What is it now?
Dad: Sorry I can’t be there. I was delayed on business.776Please respect copyright.PENANAkvTeyaHGbb
Dad: It’s only for one night. I’ll be home tomorrow.776Please respect copyright.PENANACjZ5kSJFnd
Dad: Are you sure you’re OK on your own?776Please respect copyright.PENANA3SnkPT7j1d
Dad: I could still get a babysitter to come over…
Son: *GROAN* I don’t need a babysitter.776Please respect copyright.PENANAym9Q5Onkyv
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.776Please respect copyright.PENANAUaxTAZHpKr
Dad: All grown up and nothing can scare you anymore.
Son: Well… Your stories are kind of lame.776Please respect copyright.PENANAhymuHWuE3q
Son: Sorry, Dad. Just being honest.776Please respect copyright.PENANAFN3DvpqZCP
Son: If you’re going to tell a scary story,776Please respect copyright.PENANAvDHtGWSlIf
Son: You need to make sure it’s REALLY scary.
Dad: I see…776Please respect copyright.PENANAvGmxjdqel2
Dad: Well, there is one story I could tell you…776Please respect copyright.PENANAWJUYeEvElm
Dad: But… I don’t know…776Please respect copyright.PENANAXotLq1au4E
Dad: It might be a bit too scary.
Son: I can handle it.
Dad: OK… Here we go.776Please respect copyright.PENANA39qK0w4t4x
Dad: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Colby.
Son: Ugh. The start is like a fairytale.
Dad: Bear with me…776Please respect copyright.PENANAExfBjBP6Yj
Dad: This boy named Colby used the Internet a lot.776Please respect copyright.PENANAjUXQ7NxViI
Dad: He joined a lot of websites.776Please respect copyright.PENANAkziTuBKiTD
Dad: He started talking to other kids online.776Please respect copyright.PENANAkuujBuFrGt
Dad: He made friends with another boy named StrangerDanger23.776Please respect copyright.PENANAeW2tuWOaxq
Dad: They liked the same movies and TV shows.776Please respect copyright.PENANAcw1nteskea
Dad: They played games together online.776Please respect copyright.PENANAaLzGaSPyfi
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…776Please respect copyright.PENANAzOTmfzDuDp
Dad: After they had been friends for a few months,776Please respect copyright.PENANAaKiQ6Utmqy
Dad: StrangerDanger heard that Colby’s birthday was coming up.776Please respect copyright.PENANAJe65VHQEjL
Dad: Since they were best friends,776Please respect copyright.PENANAkuIhBST8EZ
Dad: StrangerDanger23 wanted to send him a cool present.776Please respect copyright.PENANAKGNMgjd5Ek
Dad: He asked Colby for his home address.776Please respect copyright.PENANAUQpQSxOzaN
Dad: Colby was hesitant at first.776Please respect copyright.PENANAPB3qbqKsig
Dad: He thought about it for a while.776Please respect copyright.PENANALINkrdOkVG
Dad: He has known StrangerDanger23 for a long time,776Please respect copyright.PENANAUhbbQwr6x3
Dad: So he figured it wouldn’t hurt to give him his address776Please respect copyright.PENANAPwGokxXNo8
Dad: As long as he promised not to give it to anyone else.776Please respect copyright.PENANAMzegXYfcn6
Dad: StrangerDanger23 swore he wouldn’t.776Please respect copyright.PENANAJKhLKNiwnS
Dad: So Colby gave him the address and StrangerDanger23 said776Please respect copyright.PENANAu71VwdlTo2
Dad: He would mail the package right away.776Please respect copyright.PENANAQgMycQamAF
Dad: Do you think that was a good idea?
Son: Uh… probably not.
Dad: Well, after a while, neither did Colby.776Please respect copyright.PENANAVsqU8zdwvx
Dad: The boy had second thoughts about giving out his address776Please respect copyright.PENANAo2hdikvQgT
Dad: Especially to someone he didn’t really know.776Please respect copyright.PENANANoM1yUnjwg
Dad: His parents had always told him not to do that.776Please respect copyright.PENANAqK9s5RF5tC
Dad: He felt nervous and guilty about it.776Please respect copyright.PENANAw9kBS2Pd34
Dad: The fear and the guilt grew and grew,776Please respect copyright.PENANAlJxDHQtmS3
Dad: Until they were gnawing away at him.776Please respect copyright.PENANAv74cncQkNN
Dad: By bedtime the next night,776Please respect copyright.PENANAMcFweryuXf
Dad: He decided to tell his parents what he had done.776Please respect copyright.PENANA1sTarJrMQq
Dad: They would probably be angry. They might even punish him.776Please respect copyright.PENANAVzzX0lGCiS
Dad: But it would be worth it to put his mind at ease.776Please respect copyright.PENANAUQ93I6qAuX
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.776Please respect copyright.PENANAq159jnEA6M
Dad: He listened to all the noises throughout the house.776Please respect copyright.PENANAXCsnTJKQQU
Dad: The humming of the refrigerator in the kitchen.776Please respect copyright.PENANAyQfbxydIbG
Dad: The sound of the TV in the living room.776Please respect copyright.PENANAwtnMLupDO2
Dad: The cries of his baby brother in the next room.776Please respect copyright.PENANAayRnWpzuZf
Dad: The soft patter of the rain outside.776Please respect copyright.PENANAQlfV7Owzyc
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.776Please respect copyright.PENANAZdXSVmnS7t
Dad: Finally, he heard his dad’s footsteps coming up the stairs.776Please respect copyright.PENANASKeKnzsH0u
Dad: “Hey Dad?” Colby called out nervously.776Please respect copyright.PENANACjy9Jd0bSU
Dad: “Can I talk to you for a minute?”776Please respect copyright.PENANAhMLwknelVY
Dad: In the darkness, he saw the bedroom door slowly creak open.776Please respect copyright.PENANAHUmXBiiMz4
Dad: His dad stuck his head through the doorway.776Please respect copyright.PENANABI62uOh892
Dad: “Yes, son” said his dad in a muffled voice.776Please respect copyright.PENANAEmS86yWtd9
Dad: “Are you okay, Dad?” the boy asked.776Please respect copyright.PENANAztpXydJ6Bn
Dad: “Yes, Son,” his dad replied.776Please respect copyright.PENANATXyAF0KwOq
Dad: “Ummm… Is Mom around?”776Please respect copyright.PENANAIG4LaRJcfh
Dad: “Here I am!” said his mom in a high-pitched voice.776Please respect copyright.PENANAavxrHqOBnT
Dad: She stuck her head through the doorway as well.776Please respect copyright.PENANAFL0ig1Uy24
Dad: “What do you want to tell us?” she asked.776Please respect copyright.PENANAfnTZXnCaMi
Dad: “Um… I think I made a big mistake,” said Colby.776Please respect copyright.PENANAksxtl6ciiN
Dad: “I accidentally gave our address to someone on the internet”776Please respect copyright.PENANAC9YcjeOoN5
Dad: “Oh, you shouldn’t have done that!” said his mom.776Please respect copyright.PENANA2oUIZoNOmA
Dad: “We told you never to do that!”776Please respect copyright.PENANAP6iU3iQ3eL
Dad: “Who did you give it to?” asked his dad.776Please respect copyright.PENANAdUmbM0TCZf
Dad: “Um… this kid named StrangerDanger23,” said Colby.776Please respect copyright.PENANACHmPoh6BPQ
Dad: “Oh, but he wasn’t really a kid!” said his mom.776Please respect copyright.PENANAnjAgJitbWY
Dad: “He just pretended to be a kid to fool you.”776Please respect copyright.PENANAyo9MMhqCGv
Dad: “And do you know what he did?”776Please respect copyright.PENANASmIYU353X0
Dad: “He broke into our house and murdered both of us!”776Please respect copyright.PENANAI187jtAo0v
Dad: “Just so he could spend some time with you!”
Son: Oh God!
Dad: All of a sudden, the door opened wide.776Please respect copyright.PENANAj2WDMQwqHS
Dad: A fat man in a yellow raincoat stood there in the doorway.776Please respect copyright.PENANAUqyAwRcahP
Dad: He was holding something in his hands.776Please respect copyright.PENANAVasLB5nuR5
Dad: The severed heads of Colby’s mom and dad.776Please respect copyright.PENANAk6sLYOyZNQ
Dad: Colby gasped and let out a shriek of terror.776Please respect copyright.PENANAD3SrebmxRB
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.776Please respect copyright.PENANAOoKFQFvr9Y
Dad: His terrified screams had become pitiful whimpers.776Please respect copyright.PENANAWFJpnlfdtU
Dad: Then the killer noticed something.776Please respect copyright.PENANArpfu8IQxIf
Dad: He heard the baby crying in the other room.776Please respect copyright.PENANAhlZwwjd0Xm
Dad: He bent down and pulled his knife out of the776Please respect copyright.PENANAW1zi2dEdT7
Dad: Bloody mess that had once been Colby.776Please respect copyright.PENANAlnYkakpiTP
Dad: Then he turned and followed the sound of the baby’s cries.776Please respect copyright.PENANAjT8jGB3qhO
Dad: When he got to the nursery, he walked up to the crib.776Please respect copyright.PENANA0VOQKmeUze
Dad: He picked the baby up and held it in his arms.776Please respect copyright.PENANAg8qK2RuXNH
Dad: The baby stopped crying. It looked up at him and smiled.776Please respect copyright.PENANAaiRPk1Jm06
Dad: The man had never held a baby before.776Please respect copyright.PENANA3yhMXgeHvM
Dad: He stroked the baby’s cheek.776Please respect copyright.PENANAm6fLLBIOMu
Dad: He walked out of the nursery and took the baby with him.776Please respect copyright.PENANAj1bd1RNMut
Dad: He took the baby home and raised him as his very own son.776Please respect copyright.PENANAxnDlNK9uUj
Dad: He named him “William”.
Son: But Dad… my name is William.
Dad: I know it is, Son.776Please respect copyright.PENANAOlQKhAv1Km
Dad: Son?776Please respect copyright.PENANAQZjnMTu3JL
Dad: Will?776Please respect copyright.PENANAZNAfdRazUh
Dad: William?776Please respect copyright.PENANAHGMCrfWB2j
Dad: You still there, Son?776Please respect copyright.PENANAYSseWSTplc
Dad: Was that story scary enough for you?776Please respect copyright.PENANA1dc8hTDR6J
Dad: Want to hear another?776Please respect copyright.PENANADEmyMBvKUf
Dad: LOL. Sleep tight, Son.