The Black Engine

If this image doesn't inflict horrific images that will haunt your dreams then you don't know what scary is! This book was written in the 1930's and Bev has it in her reading collection downstairs for her grandkids. Connor has been obsessed with Trains for quite some time now, you'd think he'd love this book. For a while he'd make Bev read this one everytime he'd come over. Then he started talking about how the "Black engine scares me" That was the THEME of any conversation you'd have with him. Perfect strangers would get an ear full of exactly how terrifying this Black Engine was. It was all fun and games until the night terrors about this dumb book started. He would wake up, start SCREAMING as he ran up and down the halls. It would take forever to calm him down, another 30 minutes to listen as he told you about how the black engine was going to get him till he finally fell asleep in his dad's arms. I told Bev I was going to go over and personally BURN that stupid book. It got to the point that any time you'd even mention Grandma Burgess, he'd let you know he can't go because the black engine lives there. So a few days ago Bev went and got it, gave it to Connor and told him to throw it away. He did but had to check on it every 5 minutes to make sure its there. We still hear about it but at least now the conversation revolves around telling you that he threw the black engine away and then the garbage man took it away so now its gone. He then told me that theres a tug boat he's scared of too.....are you serious? I told him that he'll probably get beat up at school when he gets older. So a few mornings ago I found them like this. Now he's really sensative about anyone being scared, he said that Lauren had a bad dream and was scared so he held her. How sweet is that? Stupid Black Engine.