Daddy?
Yeah Princess.
Daddy tell me a story.
Susie lived with her father. He called her Princess, or Puddin’. Sometimes he called her Cupcake.
Tell me a story Daddy.
He took a long pull off a beer.
Daddy’s tired Puddin’.
Please?
Aw Cupcake…
Daddy tell me a story about bears in a house and a witch with a…
Okay okay okay..
He lit another Marlboro.
Tell you a story…okay Puddin’…once there was house—
Did bears live in it Daddy?
No Princess. No bears. But the house was in a forest, in the woods, see, and—
And a girl lived there, with seven dwarves, right Daddy?
No Puddin’. A man lived there. ‘Bout my size.
He opened another beer.
Was he a nice man Daddy?
No Cupcake, he wasn’t. He wasn’t a nice man. He wasn’t nice at all.
But he met a princess right Daddy? And he kissed her, and then—
Nope. No Puddin’. He was afraid to kiss a girl. But he thought about girls a lot. So one day he went to the big city. And he found a girl, and brought her home to the woods.
And they lived happily ever after, hunh Daddy.
He took a long drag off a Marlboro.
No Princess. The man gave her a drink. A special drink.
Like a potion Daddy?
Yeah, Cupcake. Like a potion.
He picked up the beer can.
Empty.
Anyway, she fell asleep. And the man cut her up into nine different pieces. Kept a few. Buried the rest in the woods.
Susie ran from the room, in tears.
Hey.
Puddin’.
He lit the butt of a Marlboro.
Bring Daddy another beer.
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