The Bed Bug Story

There were two little bed bugs that lived on cotton sheets. One bug was
green and hairy and his name was Grumbly. The other bug was yellow with
three eyes and his name was Ritz. They were best friends. They did
everything together. There was a giant that slept in the bed at night.
Every time the giant would move it was like an earthquake for the little
bed bugs. They would fly up into the air and bounce all about. It was very
scary because they never knew where they were going to land. Sometimes they
would land on the other side of the bed. A few times one of them would even
land on the giant. It was also scary because sometimes the giant would
scratch and slap itself while it was asleep.

This particular night was about to change everything forever. The giant
was tossing and turning all night long. Grumbly and Ritz were having a hard
time just staying on the bed. The giant stretched out it's big long leg
and.... it happened.

The giant put it's leg right on top of Ritz. Ritz started screaming for
help. Grumbly tried to lift the giant leg but it was too heavy. Ritz was
being crushed and there was nothing Grumbly could do about it. Ritz kept
yelling "Help me! Help me!". Finally with no other choice available Grumbly
took charge. He did the only thing that he could think of. He opened his
mouth as wide as he could and he bit the giant leg.

In that split second that followed two things happened. One, the giant
lifted its leg freeing Ritz. Two, the giant let out a scream so loud that
it woke up all of the other giants. Bigger giants came thundering into the
room. It took forever for the screaming giant to quieten down.

From that night on when it was time for the giant to sleep one of the
bigger giants would say "Good-night, sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs
bite".

Grumbly and Ritz would smile at each other. Then Grumbly would say "That's
right, I might. If you attack my buddy Ritz tonight".

Told on Oct. 20, 2010