Daddy?
Yeah Princess.
Tell me a story.
Her name was Denise. She lived with her dad, and he called her Princess.
Or Puddin'. Or Cupcake.
He called her other things too. Denise was a little pudgy.
And he was tired when
he got home. All he wanted to do was knock back a six-pack and go to bed.
Daddy?
Yeah
Princess.
Tell
me a story.
He
took a long pull off a beer.
Daddy's tired Puddin'.
Please?
Aw
Cupcake...
Daddy
tell me a story about bears in a house and a witch with a...
'K,
okay, okay...he lit another Marlboro...tell you a story...okay
Puddin'...once there was house...
Did
bears live in it Daddy?
No
Princess. No bears. But the house was in a forest...in the woods,
see, and—
And
a girl lived there, with seven dwarves, right Daddy?
No
Puddin'. A man lived there. 'Bout my size.
He opened another beer.
Was
he a nice man Daddy?
No
Cupcake, he wasn't. He wasn't a nice man. He wasn't nice at all.
But
he met a princess right Daddy? And he kissed her, and then—
No Dumpling, he was afraid. He was afraid to kiss a girl, but he thought about girls a lot. Alone in the woods and
all. So one day he went to the big city. And he found a girl, and
brought her home to the woods.
And
they lived happily ever after, hunh Daddy.
He
took a long drag off a Marlboro.
Nope. No, Sasquatch. They didn't. The man gave her a special drink. And she fell
asleep.
Like
a potion Daddy?
Sort
of, Piglet. Sort of like a potion.
He
picked up a beer can.
Empty.
Anyway, she fell asleep. And the
man cut her up into nine different pieces. Kept a few. Buried the rest in the woods.
Denise
ran from the room, in tears.
Hey.
Puddin'?
He
lit the butt of a Marlboro.
Bring
Daddy another beer.