[Rose, who is scared after hearing a radio report about two escaped convicts from Georgia, is in bed with Blanche, and is demanding that Blanche tell her a story to calm her fears]
Once upon a time there were three bears...
Not that one.
Pigs?
No!
[irritated] Elephants. And they lived with a little girl named Rose.
The elephants lived in the house?!
They were elephant dolls. Every night when Rose went to bed, she'd take the three elephants with her, because they made her feel so safe and secure.
Elephant dolls???
[sounding more and more irritated] Right, elephant dolls. Until finally one night they got so sick and tired of Rose annoying them that they went off to sleep someplace else, and two big ol' escaped convicts snuck in through the window and MURDERED ROSE IN HER SLEEP!!!!
Oh! [gets out of bed and flees into Blanche's closet]
Rose! Oh Rose, grow up!
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