The Gas Man Cometh is the fourth episode of the fourth series of Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids.
Characters[]
- Stefan
- The Gas Man
- The Headmistress
- Mr. Smelly
- The School Dinner Ladies
- The Gas Man’s Minders
Plot[]
Young telephone prankster Stefan was a master of deceit. His pranks included tricking the school dinner ladies into thinking that he was famous actor Michael Caine to get a steak dinner and some fizzy pop, trying to get the headmistress to let him off school for the week, and laughing at nice people with unfortunate names, such as Mr. Smelly.
Soon, Stefan started to get phone calls himself, warnings to stop making prank calls, but by now he had become a prank call addict, so he paid them no attention. Several nuisance calls later, and a man identifying himself as the Gas Man phoned Stefan and offered to give him some helium, telling him that having a squeaky voice would make his pranks so much better. Stefan jumped at the chance, and the Gas Man said that he would be over to deliver it the next day.
The following morning, Stefan bunked off school and waited in his house for the Gas Man. Sure enough, the Gas Man arrived and gave the cheeky child his helium which Stefan put to use straight away, pretending to be the Queen. However, what Stefan didn’t realise was that every breath of helium he took was making his body lighter, and before long he was floating off into outer space. Stefan managed to grab hold of a passing telephone satellite, and as he did so, his mobile phone rang. The voice of the Gas Man told him "Game over, Stefan. You lose" just as Stefan's battery died, leaving the boy crying and floating in space forever.
Moral[]
- The moral of this story is “don’t make prank phone calls.”