One day, $hero heard their mother crying in another room.
"What's wrong?," said $hero.
She looked at him with tearful eyes. "I just don't know what we're going to eat."
[[Try to help|You go outside...]] You go outside and try to see if you can find any bottles to turn in for money.
[[Check the schoolyard|Nothing in the schoolyard]] Nothing in the schoolyard
[[Check the neighborhood ditches| Nothing in the neighboorhood ditches]] (put: (prompt: "Hello, What is your name?", "your name") into $hero)
Ah, $hero, was it?
Ready for your story?
[[Begin...|A long time ago]]A long time ago, there was a little kid who looked just like you. In fact, their name was $hero too.
$hero's parents loved them very much, and took care of them the best they could.
[[Next | But life was hard]]But life was hard. A lot of times there wasn't enough to eat.
[[Next |One day...]]Nothing in the neighborhood ditches
[[Check the bus stop on the outskirts of town|On the way]]On the way to the outskirts of town, you pass the undertaker's.
Do you
[[Try to hold your breath as you walk past?]]
[[Look inside?]]You hold your breath as you walk past, but something catches your eye.
[[Look inside]]
A little peek won't hurt.
[[Look inside]] You see a cadaver on a table. There's not a living soul inside.
[[You can do this]]
You take a stick, and poke inside the body. Just like you hoped, you're able to pull the liver out of the ribcage.
[[Gross. Wrap it up in some paper and take it home.|home]]
Back home, you tell your mom you found some liver on sale at the store. She happily cooks it up.
That night you all eat well.
[[Go to bed|That night...]]That night, something wakes you up.
What was it?
You listen hard. Nothing. Then you hear it again. A low, horrible moan, somewhere outside.
"[[I'm coming to get my liver...|"I'm coming to get my liver.."]]"What do you do? Do you yell for your parents? Do you hide? Before you can decide, you hear it again. Horribly close.
"I'm coming to get my liver... I'm at your door."
[[Yell]]
[[Run]]
[[Hide]]"MOM!" You yell! But she doesn't answer. You hear a terrible sound that stops you in your tracks.
You dive under your bed.
[[You dive under your bed.|It's in the house!]]You run out your bedroom door. But a terrible sound that stops you in your tracks. You dive under your bed.
[[It's in the house!]]
You dive under your bed. You realize that your bedroom door is wide open!
[[It's in the house!]] Footsteps, awful, shuffling footsteps move through your house. You hear the hallway door creak open.
You hold your breath. It can't see you under the bed.
[[Maybe it went away?|GOTCHA!!!]]GOTCHA!!!