(With thanks to Baron Cameron)
this version © copyright 1994 W.J. Bethancourt III

To be read aloud to small children in a Peter Lorre voice.

I see that you like to run about the house yelling and screaming and shouting at the top of your little lungs.

This is NOT a good idea.

Do you know WHY it is not a good idea?

It is not a good idea because of THE TOAD PEOPLE!

I'll bet you've never heard of the Toad People, because children who know about the Toad People are quiet.

They do NOT run about yelling and making a commotion.

They are AFRAID to!

Do you know why they are afraid?

Let me tell you why:

The Toad People are toads that are a little, or a lot, like real people, sort of, except they are only about 4 feet tall, and real strong. They are hairy all over, with big hairy hands, big golden eyes, and teeth.

Hairy teeth!

The Toad People live in the Dark Corner, where you can't see them.

Have you ever thought you saw something moving, just out of the corner of your eye? But when you looked, there was nothing there?

That was the Toad People, watching you.

Hungrily!

Have you ever heard a scurrying sound in the middle of the night?

That was the Toad People, licking their chops!

Have you ever heard a kind of wet, flapping, slithering sound in your closet?

That was the Toad People, looking at you thru the crack in the door!

Have you ever wondered what the rusty breathing under your bed was?

That was the Toad People, -waiting for you!-


You see, the Toad People eat little children's lungs. They RIP them out thru your nose with their big hairy hands, and SLURP them up with a grin and a shout!

But: they only eat BIG, STRONG lungs that have been made big and strong by children who shout, and yell, and scream......

So....be VERY quiet, and don't yell, or shout, or scream, because if you do, it will help to make your lungs strong and big, and...

The TOAD PEOPLE will eat them up!

Right thru your nose!


Moral: Shut up and eat your dinner!



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