Creepy Story Time

Since Haylie was old enough for bedtime stories, the bedtime routine and story telling has been largely my responsibility. It works out well because Leslie has generally spent all day with the kids and is ready for a break while I've been at work during the day and could you some extra kid time. We normally just ready from one of the hundreds of children's books laying around (that happens when there's a teacher in the home) but sometimes a plain old story from a plain old book just won't cut it.
Made up stories, books with Haylie and Zander as the characters, normal stories in funny voices and stories told by various stuffed animals are a few of the ways I liven up the bedtime story. The funny voices and made up stories usually turn out well but on occasion, they'd be down right odd or creepy to any adult listening.
Tonight, I read a "Clifford the Big Red Dog" story to the kids but in a funny voice. The voice started out normal enough but evolved into a combination of Morgan Freeman in "The Shawshank Redemption" and Hannibal Lecter.
A few years ago, the CareBear "Bedtime Bear" would tell Haylie a lot of bedtime stories but his voice evolved into that of a sociopath character form the TV show "Prison Break."
Several weeks back, Haylie and Zander asked for a made up story and, when I couldn't think of anything good, I told them the story of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." Describing what a phone booth is was the hardest part of that story.
Fortunately, Haylie and Zander are oblivious to where some of these voices and stories come from and love their bedtime stories; a few are such a big hit riotous laughter (really, I'm not making that up) keeps them from falling asleep for a while.