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LEGEND
IF YOU WERE A BAD BOY WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG AND YOUR PARENTS
COULDN'T CONTROL YOU THEY WOULD SEND YOU AWAY TO THIS OLD
MAN'S HOUSE WHERE HE WOULD BEAT YOU AND MAKE YOU LISTEN. YOUR
PARENTS WOULD ALSO CALL HIM ON THE PHONE AND TELL HIM
YOU WERE
BAD AND HE WOULD COME TO YOUR HOUSE IF YOUR PARENTS WANTED HIM.
HIS NAME WAS MR. SKEEZIX. TO GET Y,OU TO OBEY YOUR PARENTS WOULD
SAY: ' DO YOU WANT ME TO GET MR. SKEEZIX?'
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU LISTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): THREAT
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Human Being |