Haha… so a friend told me today on Skype, outta the blue… “tell me a story.” This is the chaos that followed:

• [9:50:17 PM] Daniel: Once upon a time…
• [9:50:21 PM] Daniel: in a faraway land…
• [9:50:29 PM] Daniel: there lived a boy.
• [9:50:41 PM] Daniel: The boy liked gloves…
• [9:50:47 PM] Daniel: he liked gloves alot..
• [9:51:04 PM] Daniel: Every day he’d wear a new pair of gloves…
• [9:51:21 PM] Daniel: and every night he’d wear the same pair of gloves that he’d worn for 14 years
• [9:51:27 PM] Daniel: because they were very special to him.
• [9:51:57 PM] Daniel: Then one night as he slept, a raccoon broke into his house
• [9:52:14 PM] Daniel: and stole one of his pairs of gloves!
• [9:52:32 PM] Daniel: The next day he awoke, and the raccoon waited outside, anxious to see his reaction
• [9:53:00 PM] Daniel: But the boy set off to his daily chores, seemingly oblivious to any missing gloves.
• [9:53:14 PM] Daniel: That’s because since he wore a new pair every day, he never accounted for the pairs he’d already worn.
• [9:53:29 PM] Daniel: So the next night, the raccoon broke in a second time.
• [9:53:49 PM] Daniel: This time he stole ALL of the boy’s gloves, thinking that surely this time he’d flip his lid.
• [9:54:09 PM] Daniel: But again, the boy went on about his day, not noticing that his glove drawer had been emptied.
• [9:54:32 PM] Daniel: Infuriated, the raccoon waited for the boy to fall asleep a third time.
• [9:54:53 PM] Daniel: On this night, the raccoon intended to steal the boy’s nighttime gloves.
• [9:55:15 PM] Daniel: But of course, as usual, the raccoon found the boy WEARING the very old & tattered gloves.
• [9:55:34 PM] Daniel: The raccoon thought to himself, “How can I manage to get these gloves off the boy without waking him?
• [9:55:59 PM] Daniel: The raccon could think of no feasible way to leave the boy undisturbed…
• [9:56:22 PM] Daniel: so he resolved to nibble away at the gloves until they were torn to shreds all over the boy’s hand.
• [9:56:48 PM] Daniel: Then the raccoon returned to his perch outside the boy’s house and awaited morning.
• [9:57:09 PM] Daniel: But when morning came, the boy emerged unhindered by the damage to his gloves.
• [9:57:54 PM] Daniel: Utterly dismayed, the raccoon pounced on the boy and demanded “Have you not noticed that your dearest gloves are torn to shreds?! Why don’t you care?!”
• [9:59:06 PM] Daniel: Confused at the raccoon’s passionate demeanor, he simply responded “What, do you think you’re the first raccoon in 14 years to do that?” and went skipping along his way.
• [9:59:08 PM] Daniel: The End.