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Micro Terrors. Scary

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stories for kids. Where

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it's always the spooky season. Full

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of chills. Thrills.

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And spine-tingling spooks.

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Micro Terrors are family-friendly frights for

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those ages 8 and up. And

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while our stories are for younger

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years, we are still talking about

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things that go bump in the night. And

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some children may not be able

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to handle what others can. Parental

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consent is recommended. Now

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for tonight's Micro Terror.

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Onion Soup by Radar DeBord.

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Marco dragged his spoon around the inside of his

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bowl as his father came back to the table.

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His dad sat down. down with a smile on

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his face and wasted no time digging into his

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second helping in the soup.

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After slurping up a few more

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spoonfuls, his dad finally noticed he

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wasn't eating. "'What's wrong,

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kiddo?' his father asked, before taking a

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loud slurp of soup. Marco

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sighed as he stared down at the nasty-looking

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food. "'It's nothing, Dad.

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I just don't like onions.' His

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father nodded. "'I know you don't, kiddo, but

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we don't really have money for anything else.'

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After a long pause, he said, "'Tell

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you what, you have yourself a

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couple more spoonfuls and you can

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be excused from the table. Plus,

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I promise, I'll make something different

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for dinner tomorrow night.' How

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does that sound?" Marco smiled

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at his dad and suggested, "'Can it

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be meatloaf?' his father

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chuckled. "'You and your

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meatloaf. OK, OK,

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I'll make meatloaf, I promise.'

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With his dad's promise set in stone,

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Marco eagerly began to slurp down the

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onion soup. It certainly

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didn't taste any better than before, but the

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idea that he would be getting meatloaf tomorrow

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made it a lot easier to eat. He

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slurped up five or six spoonfuls and

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pushed himself back from the table, his

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chair making a sound as it was

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dragged back on the hardwood floor. "'OK,

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I'm done,' he said, standing up. His

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father gave him a nod to let him know

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he could leave and he raced upstairs to his

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room to play the new game he had downloaded

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onto his tablet over the weekend. Throughout

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the next few hours, he would randomly think about

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the soup and how nasty it had been. Why

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did his dad have to put veggies

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in everything? They always

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tasted bad and if something tasted

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how could it be good for someone to eat it? Of

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course, it didn't help that he hated onions

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more than any other kind of vegetable and

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there was no way he would ever eat

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onion soup again. No matter

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what deals his dad made with meatloaf, he would have to do it. with

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him he wasn't going to eat that soup.

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He continued to think about how much he

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hated onions until his dad tucked him in

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for the night and he drifted off to

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sleep. Late

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into the night Marco randomly woke up.

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He checked his clock seeing that it was just

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before two in the morning and then glanced at

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his window to see that it was still dark

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outside. He didn't understand why

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he'd woken up but decided to

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ignore it and go back to sleep. As

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he closed his eyes there was a very quiet

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creaking noise that reached his ears. Upon

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hearing that sound he opened his eyes and scanned

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his room. Another creak sounded

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and he looked at his closet door.

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The door was open just a

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crack which creeped Marco out because

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he always kept his closet closed.

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He stared at the door and after a few

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minutes another

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creaking noise came as the closet opened

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a little bit more. Marco

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gasped and pulled his blanket up to his

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chin as the door opened a little more.

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He wanted to run out of the room or scream

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for his dad to come help him but

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he was too scared so he just pulled

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his blanket up a little more. Suddenly

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the door to the closet swung wide

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open and Marco

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jumped in surprise. Only

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a few seconds went by before a nasty

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looking hand poked out from the closet. Slowly

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the rest of the body the hand

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belonged to came into the room. Marco

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got a good look at the thing

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that had just left his closet and

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it was the scariest creature he had

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ever seen. It was a big,

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fat monster with purple skin that

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looked like it was covered in

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slime. The thing had really

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long fingers and sharp teeth that were

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easy to see because it was smiling.

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The monster also had super short legs that

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didn't have any knees so it waddled like

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a penguin when it walked. Marco

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was so terrified of the monster that he

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couldn't speak and he couldn't leave his bed.

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All he could do was watch

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as the spooky creature slowly moved

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toward him. Eventually it

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reached his bed and looked down at Marco

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while licking its lips. Yum,

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you look tasty, it said

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in a super low voice.

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Marco trembled in fear, but he managed to say,

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Please don't eat me, don't eat

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me! The

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monster chuckled before moving its long fingers

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down and pulling the blanket away from

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Marco. It continued to lick

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its lips as drool began to run down

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the side of its mouth. The

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scary creature leaned over and opened its mouth, but

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then it stopped moving. What's

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that smell? The monster

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asked. What smell? Marco

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replied as he still shook in fear.

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The monster sniffed the air a few

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times before turning its attention back to

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Marco. It

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got a few inches away from him and gave him a

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big whiff and

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then it frowned. Immediately it took

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a step back from the bed and covered its nose

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with its big fingers. Eww,

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you smell like onions,

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he said. I

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hate onions. Then

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the monster waddled back to the closet. As

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it shut the door, the monster said, You

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stink, kid. Marco

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sat in his bed, staring at

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the closet while thinking about everything that had

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just happened. He kept thinking

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about how the monster had said it

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hated onions and how it had called

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him stinky. After

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a few minutes, his fear went away and he jumped

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out of bed. He ran down the

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stairs and headed for the kitchen to see if

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there was any of the onion soup. He left.

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From now on, he was going

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to eat as many stinky vegetables

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as possible. Especially

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onions. Thank

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you for listening to Micro

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Terrors. Join us

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