Chiperbook Horror Story Inside
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My Story Inside It Was a Home Run
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A!Chip!Off!the!Ol’!Block By!Matt!O’Brien
! It!was!a!hot!day!in!Branson,!Missouri.!Sam!was!walking!back!to!his! house!coming!back!from!his!job!as!a!ride!tester!at!Silver!Dollar!City.!He! thought!he!could!get!home!faster!by!going!down!the!dark!alley.!As!he! looked!down!the!ally!he!noticed!that!there!was!rotting!food,!old!paper! and!crushed!tin!cans!littering!the!dark!ground.!He!also!noticed!a! horrible!smell!coming!!from!down!the!ally.!The!only!thing!he!could!think! of!that!reminded!him!of!that!smell!was!old!meat!sitting!out!for!a!long! time.!As!soon!as!he!went!down!the!alley,!he!blacked!out.!He!woke!up! two!days!later!in!a!hospital!with!no!limbs!and!a!concussion.!The!next! day,!he!looked!at!his!arms!and!legs!and!saw!that!now,!they!were!robotic! limbs.!Startled!by!this,!Sam!demanded!to!know!what!happened.!The! doctor!said!that!he!was!found!outside!in!the!ally!with!what!looked!like! chew!marks!all!over!him.!They!said!that!they!had!never!seen!anything! like!it!before.! !!! The!next!week!when!Sam!was!walking!home!form!work,!he!heard! a!scream!in!the!ally.!He!started!walking!down!the!ally,!and!he!heard!a! rustling!sound!coming!from!a!corner!behind!a!mountain!of!trash.!He! walked!around!the!corner!of!the!mountain,!and!he!saw!3!bodies!half! covered!in!trash.!
! He!cleared!some!old!papers!off!one!of!the!bodies!and!saw!bite! marks!in!his!stomach!and!left!arm.!!Suddenly!he!felt!like!vomiting.!He! moved!some!more!papers!off!the!body!and!found!a!frail!chipmunk!under! them!sound!asleep.!He!felt!that!he!should!remove!the!chipmunk!from! the!dead!person!and!release!him!into!the!wild!after!he!gave!the!him! something!to!eat!and!drink!to!nourish!him!until!he!was!ready!to!go!back! to!the!wild.! ! He!took!the!chipmunk!off!of!the!bodies!and!took!it!home.!He!named! it!Chipper.!When!Sam!tried!to!feed!the!Chipper!vegetables,!he!would! walk!as!far!away!from!them!as!possible.!Chipper!had!a!bed!in!the!corner! of!Sam’s!living!room.!He!had!a!blanket!to!lay!down!on!and!that!was!all. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! ! Weeks!went!by!and!Chipper!got!bigger!until!he!was!4!inches!tall.! The!week!after!that!Sam!accidently!stepped!on!Chipper’s!tail.!The!next! day,!Sam!was!found!dead!in!his!living!room!right!next!to!the!place!where! Chipper!had!been!sleeping.!He!was!half!covered!by!Chipper’s!blanket.!He! had!been!eaten!alive!by!some!type!of!tiny!Animal.!The!window!next!to! him!was!found!smashed.!Outside!the!window,!they!found!tiny!footprints! as!big!as!a!rat,!but!half!as!deep!as!any!rat!species!alive!today. ! Sam’s!neighbors!were!questioned!about!his!death.!The!only!thing! they!could!come!up!with!was!that!his!new!chipmunk,!Chipper,!would! only!eat!raw!meat.! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!The!End ! !
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Chipmunk Black,!white,!and!brown.! Scurrying!around!my!feet. He!glances!at!me. A!nut!falls!from!the!tree. In!a!Slash!it!is!gone. Swallowed!up! by!the!colors, Swirling! Around!my!feet. Suddenly,!he!stops! And!stares!at!me.! I!see!how!he!lives. He!takes!in!all!that!he!can. I!smile. He!runs!off And!he!returns!to!the!colors Once!More. ! To!get!this!poem!and!other!like!it!go! online!at!www.chiperbooks.com/poem
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from your nutty friend,
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Picture!Credits:! (Wooded!Board:!Microsoft!Clip!Art), (Animated!Chipmunk:!Microsoft!Clip!Art), (Hand!feeding!chipmunk:!Microsoft!Clip!Art), (Field:!Microsoft!Clip!Art), (Chipmunk!on!Porch:!northrup.org)