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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

What Was Your Childhood Monster? Bloghop

During this month's IWSG I discovered Christine Rains and instantly wanted to be her best friend. I mean the subheading for her blog reads, My toddler has too much energy. So does my protagonist. I need more sleep.  I SO get that.
So I couldn't resist joining her bloghop this week in honor of her book Fearless coming out today.

My biggest childhood fear comes from a repeated dream. I'm kidnapped by this giant Big Bad Wolf. He throws me in a bag, dumps me in a boat on a lake, rows us across, makes a Robin sandwich (yup, that would be me between two enormous slices of white bread), and eats me. The moment his huge jaws lean in to take that first bite I always woke up.

A little too much of The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Gingerbread Boy at my house perhaps?

 I really hope it's not the way I go, as some giant wolf's meal. After watching City of Ember this week with all their giant moths and that giant star mole (eww) I really hope it's not a possibility. Animals aren't getting bigger, are they???

At least I've never seen an oven large enough to make bread my size, though I did see boats made out of bread in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs...

Did you join the bloghop? What's your biggest childhood fear? Does it still haunt you?

And thanks to David P. King for his links to safe public domain pictures. I found this one on wikimedia (click picture for link)
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26 comments:

  1. ilimaAugust 7, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    I had a recurring nightmare as a kid too. People from my church made these paper airplanes that would slice people's throats when thrown, including my own. I'll never forget those, yikes.

    And I LOVE City of Ember. Tell me if you ever read the book too.

    Congrats to Christine!

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    1. RobinAugust 7, 2012 at 10:24 PM

      Wow-paper airplanes slicing throats. That's scary right now! And yes, City of Ember is now on my TBR. I'll let you know what I think.

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  2. Mina LoboAugust 7, 2012 at 8:50 PM

    I'm pretty sure animals are NOT getting bigger. Probably. :-)
    Some Dark Romantic

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    1. RobinAugust 7, 2012 at 10:25 PM

      Thanks for the visit! I tried to say hi on your blog but google wouldn't let me see it. :( I'll try again tomorrow.

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  3. Christine RainsAugust 7, 2012 at 10:23 PM

    Hm, maybe mutated animals, but the wolf would have to be pretty civilized to want to eat you with bread! This story was a lot of fun. Thank you for sharing with us and for helping promote my novella. :)

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    1. RobinAugust 7, 2012 at 10:25 PM

      Thanks for visiting my blog! A big congrats again on your novella!!

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  4. SuziAugust 7, 2012 at 11:00 PM

    I'm sorry. But I laughed at the Robin Sandwich part. I'm sure it was terrifying as a kid, but it's funny now. I didn't participate in this bloghop, but most of my childhood mosters from my dreams were just bad people who wanted to hurt me. I probably couldn't identify them, it was just that feeling that you knew what would happen if they caught you.

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    1. RobinAugust 8, 2012 at 6:01 PM

      The Robin Sandwich makes me laugh too. Thanks for stopping by.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 7, 2012 at 11:11 PM

    Ahhh, poor little kid Robin turning into a sandwich. I think I've repressed most of my memories like that, but I do remember being terrified of what lurked in the dark.

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    1. RobinAugust 8, 2012 at 6:01 PM

      It's dark and spooky out there:) Thanks for the visit!

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  6. Kathryn PurdieAugust 7, 2012 at 11:13 PM

    :-) I love the Robin sandwich! I had a terrible dream as a child of two bald alien girls who lived under my bed and yanked me by the legs down there with them. For years, I had to turn off the lights at bedtime, then leap across the room to my bed so the bald alien girls wouldn't nab me.

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    1. RobinAugust 8, 2012 at 6:02 PM

      Scary-bald alien girls-yikes! I did the jump in and out of my bed too. You never know what might be under there:)

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  7. Alexandra HeepAugust 7, 2012 at 11:20 PM

    Wow, that's some dream, and I've read all those stories you mentioned.

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  8. Kyra LennonAugust 8, 2012 at 2:24 AM

    Eek, that is very scary! I'm glad you always woke up before the wolf sank his teeth into you!

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  9. jaybirdAugust 8, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    I'm afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. Most fairy tales are very frightening, in their essence. The big bad wolf, yep, still scary!

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    1. RobinAugust 8, 2012 at 6:04 PM

      Glad to know I'm not alone in my fear of the Big Bad Wolf:)

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  10. S. L. HennessyAugust 8, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    Yeah, I think the Big Bad Wolf is one of those childhood monsters designed to terrify small children the world over. I'm still a little wary of that one :)

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    1. RobinAugust 8, 2012 at 6:04 PM

      Seriously, he does his job-obey our parents, don't be fooled. We got it.

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  11. MaryannwritesAugust 8, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    We have similar scary moments to remember. Maybe you are right in that we read too many scary books as kids.

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    1. RobinAugust 8, 2012 at 6:05 PM

      Thanks for visiting. I'll have to read your scary moments:) On my way . . .

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  12. AnitaAugust 9, 2012 at 12:44 AM

    I was always afraid of vampiiiires!

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  13. Tracy MacDonaldAugust 9, 2012 at 9:58 AM

    A Robin sandwich- I LOVE that phrase, and your shortened version of the Three Little Pigs. Very funny! Movies are wheat freak my kids out- we've had to become QUITE selective. Great to meet you in the Blog hop!
    A2Z Mommy and What’s In Between

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  14. Guilie CastilloAugust 9, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    Haha--love the story, Robin! Interesting that you dreamed this but didn't fear a Big Bad Wolf in your closet or under your bed. Good timing for waking up, too :) Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Shannon LawrenceAugust 10, 2012 at 8:08 PM

    That's precisely what the Big Bad Wolf was for, right? To frighten legions of children to behave? Scary!

    My monster: http://thewarriormuse.blogspot.com/2012/08/childhood-monster-blog-fest.html

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  16. Gossip_GrlAugust 20, 2012 at 1:59 PM

    I didn't write for this bloghop, just checking out the linky list. Nice Story- especially combining the 3 stories together. :) Enjoyed reading yours

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