SECOND
GRADE
“Mommy
and Daddy, it’s so wonderful. Today is
the day we are going on our field trip.
You remember, don’t you? You
signed the paper and said I could go. I
just can’t wait. We are going to leave
school on a special bus to go eat lunch at a restaurant and then we are going
to go to the museum. This is going to be
so super because we will get to see all the mummies and stuff. It’s going to be so fun. Remember, you don’t have to pick me up at
school either because the special bus will drop me off right in front of our
house.”
“Remember
what Mommy told you, honey. You absolutely,
positively must be home by midnight. You
must be home and in your room and in your bed with the lights out by
midnight. You will remember that, won’t
you? It’s the most important thing you
will ever have to remember.”
“Mommy
is right, dear. Daddy knows what’s best
for his little girl too. You absolutely,
positively must be home and in your bed with the lights out by midnight. Listen to Daddy, sweetie. You must always follow this rule.”
“Mommy
and Daddy, you are both so silly. You
are always telling me to be home by midnight.
I’m only in the second grade and of course, I’ll be home by
midnight. I’ll be home today at the same
time I always get home from school. I’ve
got such a silly Mommy and Daddy.”
FOURTH
GRADE
“Mommy
and Daddy, it’s so wonderful. Today is
the day Janey’s mommy is picking us up from school and taking us to the
park. You remember that you said it
would be alright. Janey is my bestest
friend ever in the whole entire world and you said her mommy was sweet and you
knew she would take good care of me. The
park is so nice. They have such a big
playground and there is a man who sells hot dogs and ice cream. You said I could have some if I didn’t eat
too much and spoil my dinner. I’ll just
have one hot dog and a small ice cream bar and then play on the swings. Janey’s mommy is going to bring me right home
after so you won’t have to pick me up at her house. It’s going to be so fun.”
“Remember
what Mommy told you, honey. You absolutely,
positively must be home by midnight. You
must be home and in your room and in your bed with the lights out by
midnight. You will remember that, won’t
you? It’s the most important thing you
will ever have to remember.”
“Mommy
is right, dear. Daddy knows what’s best
for his little girl too. You absolutely,
positively must be home and in your bed with the lights out by midnight. Listen to Daddy, sweetie. You must always follow this rule.”
“Mommy
and Daddy, you are both so silly. You
are always telling me to be home by midnight.
I’m only in the fourth grade and of course, I’ll be home by
midnight. I’ll be home today at the same
time I always get home from school. I’ve
got such a silly Mommy and Daddy.”
SIXTH
GRADE
“Mom
and Dad, it’s so wonderful. Today is the
day of my first Girl Scout meeting after school. I’m so excited about it and it’s going to be
so much fun. You know that Suzanne
joined with me and she’s my best friend on the whole planet. I’m so glad they started a troop in our
town. We can do projects for our neighborhoods
and sell cookies and we get to wear these vests and earn badges. After our meetings, we get to have snacks
too, but won’t worry, I won’t spoil my dinner.
They said we are just going to have a small juice and a muffin. Suzanne’s dad is going to drive us there
after school and bring us home, so you don’t have to pick me up anywhere.”
“Remember
what Mommy told you, honey. You absolutely,
positively must be home by midnight. You
must be home and in your room and in your bed with the lights out by
midnight. You will remember that, won’t
you? It’s the most important thing you
will ever have to remember.”
“Mommy
is right, dear. Daddy knows what’s best
for his little girl too. You absolutely,
positively must be home and in your bed with the lights out by midnight. Listen to Daddy, sweetie. You must always follow this rule.”
“Mom
and Dad, you are both so funny. You are
always telling me to be home by midnight.
I’m only in the sixth grade and of course, I’ll be home by
midnight. I’ll be home tonight in time
for dinner. You both can be so funny.”
EIGHTH
GRADE
“Ma,
Pops, it’s so wonderful. Today is my
school’s first basketball game of the season and I’m so excited to be on the
cheerleading squad. We’ve been
practicing in gym class to make sure we do the best cheers ever. It’s going to be so great being on the court
getting everyone all wild and crazy over the game. I already told you there’s a boy on the basketball
team that I kind of like and I think he kind of likes me too. By the way, you don’t have to pick me up after
the game. I’m riding home with Sondra,
you know, my best friend in the universe.
Her father’s bringing us all home.”
“Remember
what Mommy told you, honey. You absolutely,
positively must be home by midnight. You
must be home and in your room and in your bed with the lights out by
midnight. You will remember that, won’t
you? It’s the most important thing you
will ever have to remember.”
“Mommy
is right, dear. Daddy knows what’s best
for his little girl too. You absolutely,
positively must be home and in your bed with the lights out by midnight. Listen to Daddy, sweetie. You must always follow this rule.”
“Ma,
Pops, you are both such a riot. You are
always telling me to be home by midnight.
I’m only in the eighth grade and of course, I’ll be home by
midnight. You both can be so weird.”
TENTH
GRADE
“Mother,
Father, it’s so wonderful. Today is the
day I am attending my first nighttime party.
Remember you said I could go because Tommy’s parents will be there the
whole time. We’re just going to listen
to music and dance and eat tons of pizza.
The whole baseball team will be there and all the girls from my
gymnastics class too. This is going to
be so fantastic because it’s like a grownup party. I’m so glad you’re letting me go because this
is so important to me. There’s a boy on
the baseball team that I like and I think he likes me too. I hope he asks me to dance at the party. You don’t have to pick me up after though
because Marcie’s mother is going to pick a bunch of us girls up and take us
home.”
“Remember
what Mommy told you, honey. You absolutely,
positively must be home by midnight. You
must be home and in your room and in your bed with the lights out by
midnight. You will remember that, won’t
you? It’s the most important thing you
will ever have to remember.”
“Mommy
is right, dear. Daddy knows what’s best
for his little girl too. You absolutely,
positively must be home and in your bed with the lights out by midnight. Listen to Daddy, sweetie. You must always follow this rule.”
“Mother,
Father, you need to stop treating me like a little kid. You are always telling me to be home by
midnight. I’m in the eighth grade now
and I know I need to be home by midnight.
You both need to realize that I’m can be responsible.”
TWELFTH
GRADE
“Mommy
and Daddy, I know I’m coming home late, but it’s not my fault. Bradley and I went out to a movie and then we
went for a soda. When we came out of the
diner, we saw that one of Bradley’s tires was flat. He had a spare in his trunk, but that was
going flat too, so he called his dad.
His father was at work, so it took a bit of time before he could leave,
but he went home and got the spare out of his trunk and brought it for Bradley’s
car. He helped him change the tire and
we were able to get going and he was able to bring me home. But, I guess we stayed too late at the
restaurant because by the time we got the car fixed, it was already after
midnight and that’s why I’m…
“What
is going on? What is happening to the
two of you? Where are those fangs and
claws coming from? My God, you are
actually getting bigger. Why are your
eyes so red? I don’t understand. Is this why you always insisted I be home by
midnight? Is it because we are a family
of some sort of demon and we all change at that hour? When do I begin to change and why haven’t I
ever remembered changing into such a hideous creature? Why are you both looking at me that way? What are you doing with knives and forks at
this hour?”
“Mommy
always told you to be home and in bed by midnight so you wouldn’t see the
becoming. You don’t remember changing
because you are human. Daddy and I
become at the witching hour because we are Rakshasa, the cursed ones. We adopted a human child so as to appear to
be a normal family so none would suspect us when handy men and salesmen would
disappear from the area. We lock them in
the shed out back until we become and then we consume them, as that is how we
survive. You are in your room, in bed,
with the lights out and the door closed, and you never see. At least, that’s where you are supposed to
be.”
‘Mommy
and I have always told you to follow one rule and now that you have violated
it, you leave us with no choice. No
human can see us in our true form and live to tell. My dear wife, the encyclopedia salesman is
marinating in the shed, so dinner has already been arranged. The good news is, now we won’t have to go out
to get dessert. Sit down, sweet child of
ours, while I get the whipped cream and cherries.”
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