While work has made it difficult to finish the initial draft of Boogeyman, I did want to give you a story about writing a children’s story I couldn’t anyone wanting to publish so far.
When my daughter was little, she was obsessed with this book called 10 Little Princesses. I read it to her so many times that I had it memorized. If she misplaced the book, I could still tell the story work for word. While it was my daughter’s joy it quickly became the bane of story time.
I have a problem with sleep. My body takes forever to hit REM sleep and it “wakes up” and comes out of REM constantly. I found this out from a sleep study because I was having trouble staying awake during the day. Eventually, I was given Ambien to knock me out and it worked.
During the 10 Little Princess phase, I was going through a period of sleeplessness and on Ambien. Now, I know there are stories about people drinking and doing dangerous things while taking Ambien but I didn’t have those problems. I had waking up to random eBay purchases like a 100 model train figures.
After one Ambien influenced night, I woke up to something different. I woke up to a new take on 10 Little Princesses. My version had cryptids instead and think it is a better version, but I am partial.
I now offer for you childhood enjoying, 10 Little Cryptids.
10 Little Crypitds
When the moon is full and the sun has set, creatures will come but are no threat.
Coming from lands far and wide, the cryptids have gathered to play outside.
Ten little cryptids explore the old mine, Jersey Devil got lost and now there are nine.
Nine little cryptids climbing over the gate, Nessie couldn’t climb up and now there are eight.
Eight little cryptids stop to eat some chevon, Chupacabra ate too much and now there are seven.
Seven little cryptids playing with sticks, the Beast of Bray Road ran after one and now there are six.
Six little cryptids find a beehive, Batsquatch got stung and now there are five.
Five little cryptids sliding on an old door, Mothman flew off and now there are four.
Four little cryptids climbing a big tree, Wendigo got stuck and now there are three.
Three little cryptids walking past the zoo, Yeti snuck in and now there are two
Two little cryptids watching the rising sun, Dover Demon got scared and now there is one.
One little cryptid leaving big tracks, Bigfoot had his fun, and it was time to head back.
The sun comes up and the cryptids go to bed, dreaming of adventurous nights ahead.
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