The Creeper

I told a girl at a playground that a terrible monster lived beneath the sand. If he ever got you, his venomous teeth would sink deep within you and scar you with a horrible and painful toxin that would stay with you until the day you die. His name is The Creeper.

But she didn't believe me.

Later she was playing on the swings when she lost her grip and fell off. When she landed in the sand she got stuck with something: a dirty hypodermic needle. The doctors at the hospital told her the needle was contaminated and from it she contracted the human immunodeficiency virus, which would soon lead to AIDs.

I told her. My niece never listens to me.