Him and other stories

The toy

It seemed like just a normal little toy. an ugly to though you couldn't tell of it was a bear, dog, cat or even a doll. it was red a weird crimson red like blood and it had two legs and two arms or four legs depending what you saw it as. it had no ears or eyes or nose. it only had a mouth an ugly little mouth stitched forever in a sneer and a tail long but thin but Matilda loved the toy since she first laid eyes on it at a garage sale. after begging her mouth relentlessly her mother reluctantly bought the ratty old thing. Matilda didn't name it only ever called it toy but after getting toy Matilda started acting strangely, small things at first like maybe stealing a couple dollars out of the rainy day jar or breaking something and lying about it until it got to bigger things such as sneaking out late at night and shoplifting or swearing and purposefully smashing things in front of her mother but soon it got worse she killed the dog. her mother came home one day to find her in a puddle of blood and the mutilated body of the dog in front of her Matilda claimed toy had done this. it was after neighbour hood kids started turning up dead when Matilda's mother started to panic so one night she crept into Matilda's room while Matilda was sleeping and put a pillow over her face, Matilda kicked and screamed but it was no use and she suffocated. satisfied her mother then hung herself in the attic, it was days before anyone found them. Matilda's mother had left a more it merely said 'Toy made me do it'

A couple weeks later their family is having a garage sale getting rid of anything and everything. they found a strange looking toy in the attic even though it is old and ratty they can not bring themselves to bin it. a little boy has spotted the red toy and is begging his mother..