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1 " Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry,but do you dream of Heaven?Have you ever wanted to die? "
― Tim Burton , The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
2 " My name is Jimmy,but my friends just call methe hideous penguin boy. "
3 " Stick Boy liked Match Girl,He liked her a lot.He liked her cute figure,he thought she was hot.But could a flame ever burnfor a match and a stick?It did quite literally;he burned up quick. "
4 " Mr. Smith yelled at the doctor,What have you done to my boy?He's not flesh and blood,he's aluminum alloy!"The doctor said gently,What I'm going to saywill sound pretty wild.But you're not the father of this strange looking child.You see, there still is some questionabout the child's gender,but we think that its fatheris a microwave blender. "
5 " They took a baseball batand whacked open his head.Mummy Boy fell to the ground;he finally was dead. Inside of his headwere no candy or prizes,just a few stray beetlesof various sizes. "
6 " My diagnosis," he said"for better or worse,is that your son is the resultof an old pharaoh's curse. "
7 " Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James, unawarehe had been mauled by a grizzly earlier this year. "
8 " The Boy with Nails in His Eyesput up his aluminum tree.It looked pretty strangebecause he couldn't really see. "
9 " He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is leaving a nasty stain! "
10 " Alone and rejected, Mummy Boy wept,then went to the cabinetwhere the snack food was kept. "
11 " Cabeza de melón Había un niño taciturno,de hombre y melón un injerto.Tenía el ánimo nocturnopor desear tanto estar muerto. Pero hay que tener cuidadocon lo que se desea.Pues él acabó en jaleatras un pisotón bien dado. "