Welcome to micro Terrors Scary Stories for Kids, where it's always the spooky season,
full of chills, thrills, and spine tingling spooks. Micro Terrors are
family friendly frights for those ages eight and up, and while our stories are
for younger years, we are still talking about things that go bump in the
night, and some children may not be able to handle what others can.
Parental consent is recommended now for tonight's micro Terror. The following story is part
of a four week crossover event between micro Terrors, Scary Stories for Kids and
the Kids Stories Podcast. Episodes one and two will are right here on micro
Terrors. To conclude the story, please head on over and subscribe to Kids
Stories Podcast, where you'll be able to hear episodes three and four when they
air. You can find the Kids Stories podcast by visiting Kidstories podcast dot com.
We've also placed a link to their website in the episode notes The Toymaker
Episode two, written by Phil Bechdel of The Kids Stories Podcast, presented by
micro Terrors, Scary Stories for Kids and the Kids Stories Podcast. Ben Ben
and Tatiana crept closer to the cottage in the woods. They were both surprised
that They had never noticed this place before, but it was well hidden among
this dense collection of trees. There was a creepy silence here, interrupted only
by the occasional rustle of leaves or distant hoot of an owl. The two
had chased a dirty, old doll to this cottage, and they had no
idea what could be inside. Approaching the little house, they moved with the
stealth of seasoned ninjas, their senses heightened and their minds alert. The cottage
was clearly old and dingy, but not completely run down. It was clear
that some one or some thing was living there. They stuck up to a
window, where a pale light was shining out. Inside, an old man
hunched over a work bench working on something. His back was to the window,
obscuring his face from the young ninjas, but the presence of an ominous
black book beside him caught their eye. This black book was open, and
they noticed it had black pages and the words were gently glowing white. The
ninjas watched as the old man reached out to turn a page. His fingertips
were all stained black. A sinister black smoke wafted up from the pages,
twisting into the air. The scene sent a shiver down ben Ben's spine.
That book looks evil, he whispered to Tatiana. Suddenly, the old man
shifted, revealing a toy robot moving all on its own. The little robot
looked down to its hands, as if seeing and moving them for the first
time. The little robot lifted its legs and walked in a tight circle.
The ninjas clearly saw thin lines of black smoke trailing from the evil book to
the robot. So do we go for the book first, or the old
man asked Tatiana. I don't know. Ben Ben whispered back, I don't
know how to defeat an evil book. We need to capture them both.
Maybe Old witch Tubes will know what to do with the book. Old witch
Tubes often helped the Ninjas in the ways of magic. She lived nearby,
and if the Ninjas could get the book to her, she would know how
to handle it. Ben Ben and Tatiana leaned back from the window and turned
to creep into the cottage, prepared to capture the old man and leave with
the book. But as they turned their attention away from the window, they
realized they were not alone. Before they could creep into the front door,
A soft creaking sound made them freeze. Turning slowly, they found themselves surrounded
by a group of animated toys. Dolls with blank stairs, toy soldiers with
little weapons, teddy bears, and other stuffed animals. So any chance these
are fun, happy toys, just look at for someone to play with them,
joked ben Ben nervously. I'm guessing these are more the evil toys possessed
by demons looking for someone to destroy. Kind of thing, answered Tatiana.
As the standoff continued. A few long seconds ticked away, and as the
Ninjas leaned to step toward the front door, the toys attacked all at once.
They leaped for the ninjas. Three identical dolls with matching dresses jumped up
at Ben Ben, and he sliced through them with one tight swing of his
katana. A gang of stuffed animals rushed Tatiana. She kicked a few of
them off into the trees, and they kept coming. She threw stuffies off
her body and threw them out into the woods. Ben Ben felt tickling near
his ankles and discovered little toy soldiers trying to climb up his legs and attacking
with their little wooden swords and spears, their sharpened tips digging into his skin.
Ben Ben and Tatiana would never have assumed that fighting toys would be so
difficult, but there were so many of them. The ninjas realized that they
were going to have to completely destroy these toys. They seemed to feel no
pain, so the ninjas fought off the attackers with their swords, slicing the
toys into pieces or stomping them into the ground. Finally, sweating through their
clothes and covered in scratches, they finished off the toys and leaned against the
outside wall of the house. Well, the old man sure knows we're here
now, said Ben Ben. Probably no need to sneak. They slowly stepped
into the little cottage, ready for anything. After snooping through the old man's
little house, ben Ben and Tatiana ended up in front of a big hole
carved right out of the ground. In one of the rooms. Stairs were
carved into the earth down in this hole, and it led somewhere underground.
They could see the faint, flickering glow of torch light coming up from the
man made tunnel. Oh my gosh, this guy dug an underground tunnel in
his house, said Tatiana. This must have taken years. Yeah, there's
probably like something super evil down there, right, asked ben Ben. So
what are we gonna do? Asked Ben Ben. We're gonna go punch it
in the face, said Tatiana ben Ben's side, hoping there wasn't another army
of toys down there. To hear episodes three and four when they air,
please subscribe to the Kids Stories podcast. You can find that at kids Stories
podcast dot com or you can find a link in our show notes and a
huge thanks to Kids' Stories Podcast and Phil Bechdel for collaborating with us on this
epic story. Thank you for listening to micro Terrors. Join us each Saturday
for another scary story. For more fun, visit our website at microterrors dot
com, where we will also have spooky games you can print out and play
like Wicked word searches, mysterious mazes, and more. Microterrors dot com is
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