MY HORROR STORY BEGAN AT THE LOCAL MARKET. I HAD THE TASTE
FOR SOMETHING SWEET. I MADE THE FATAL MISTAKE OF BUYING A BAG
A GINGERBREAD COOKIES. LITTLE DID I KNOW, I HAD JUST SIGNED MY
DEATH WISH. I WAS HUNGRY, SO I RUSHED HOME AND TORE INTO THE
BAG. I SHOVED COOKIE AFTER COOKIE INTO MY MOUTH, STOPPING ONLY
LONG ENOUGH TO GULP DOWN SOME MILK. HALF A BAG LATER, I WAS
FULL. IT WAS TIME FOR A LITTLE NAP. I TOSSED THE LEFT OVER COOKIES
ONTO THE FLOOR, AND HEADED FOR THE SOFT COMFORTS OF MY BED.
ONLY MINUTES MUST HAVE PASSED BEFORE I DRIFTED OFF INTO A
BLISSFUL SLEEP. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, I WOKE TO AN AWFUL
BURNING SMELL. MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO JUMP OUT OF BED, BUT I
SOON REALIZED THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAD BEEN TIED UP,
SOMEONE HAD TIED BOTH LEGS AND ARMS TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THE BED POST. MY CLOTHES HAD BEEN SOAKED WITH GASOLINE. AT THE
POINT OF MAJOR PANIC I REMEMBERED THE SMOKE SMELL. I LOOKED
AROUND THE ROOM, ONLY TO DISCOVER FLAMES LEAPING OUT FROM
UNDER MY BED. OH DEAR GOD! WHO WOULD DO THIS TO ME? THROUGH
MY CRIES FOR HELP, I HEARD A EVIL LITTLE LAUGH. I YELLED OUT FOR
WHO EVER WAS THERE TO PLEASE HELP, STILL ONLY A TINY LITTLE
LAUGH. THE FLAMES INCHED THEIR WAY CLOSER TO MY HELPLESS
BODY. I WAS DOOMED! AS I LAY IN WAITING FOR MY TIME TO COME, I
NOTICED A MOVEMENT OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE. TO MY SHOCK,
STANDING ACROSS THE ROOM WAS ABOUT SEVENTEEN ANGRY
GINGERBREADMEN.THEY HAD EVIL LITTLE GRINS ON THEIR FACES AND
MATCHES IN THEIR HANDS. WHY? I ASKED. WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE STEPPED FORWARD. IN A DRY, HATEFUL VOICE,
HE SAID, YOU ATE HALF OF MY FRIENDS! YOU IDIOT!! NOW GET READY
TO DIE!! AS THE FLAMES COVERED MY BODY, THE LITTLE
GINGERBREADMEN DANCED IN A CIRCLE AND SUNG THE SONG DONT
WORRY BE HAPPY. BY SOME MIRACLE I SURVIVED THE FIRE.TO THIS DAY
I CAN NEVER EAT ANOTHER COOKIE AGAIN.
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