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H || || || || ||==// ||=|| >|< >>> Presents <<<
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E ||==// \\==// || \\ ||==|| || || #017-SB07 -- [01/17/92]
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A Bedtime Story
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by Snarfblat, the Fork of Spoon
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Michael Buckingham is legendary for his sweeping away of young children.
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He frequently picks them up as he is walking through town. Parents used to
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tell their children to be careful. They would say, "Freddie. If you see an
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evil looking man in a long black coat swinging a small gold chain, run away
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as fast as you can." Now they just say, "Stay indoors until you are 21 and
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you'll be safe." Mr. Buckingham should be left to himself. Rumour has it
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that he didn't have a happy childhood. His mother made him wear a purple
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jumpsuit every day because his grandmother made it. Sometimes he carries a
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rainbow colored umbrella. Watch out for that.
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He walks briskly, staring straight forward as if there are a million
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things more important than you. Then he turns towards you and grabs your
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first born child.
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"Hihowyadoing? Nicekidgottagoseeyalater!" Goodbye Junior. You can see
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your son's form through the coat, as he struggles to escape. But even as you
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watch, the struggles subside. Mr. Buckingham has taken many children. He
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has ways to keep them from getting away. His pockets are stocked with
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everything little kids would like to play with. That keeps them quiet for
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the walk home. After that nobody sees them. Most of the folks have moved
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out of that part of town.
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Michael Buckingham is 69 now. He rarely takes kids anymore. Sometimes
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he will be trudging through the main street with a suspiciously full looking
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coat. Nobody even notices now. Sometimes one of the old folks will laugh
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and say "There goes old Bucky! He always was a crazy one." If he overhears
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them he will nod his head and flash a quick smile. They have a right to
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laugh. Let them.
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Last week was the 100th anniversary of the founding of our town. Mike
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surprised us with a huge dinner prepared in honor of all the people whose
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lives he had ruined. "I didn't want you to think of me as one of the bad
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guys. I had a problem, we all have problems. Mine was just more
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noticeable." Almost every person in the town came to the banquet. As they
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chewed into the delicious meat, many of them remarked through full mouths, "I
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hardly remember little Petey." and "When you put it that way, I guess it was
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worth losing my sole heir, because I am getting this GREAT meal." We all knew
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Mike was a good guy deep down. Afterwards, I thought I saw something moving
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in his coat. It was probably just his full stomach.
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(C)1992 by The Durex Blender Corporation & Snarfblat of the Cybermax
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All Rights Available at the Door. No Reservations.
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