What ever happened to the legend? 

Which legend? 

The one about the terrible monster that preyed upon screaming babies. Like the one in this very house having intermittent screaming sessions with its mother. As she trumpets a delicate NO! in its direction, note how the child reprimands her for that behavior with a bawling sound…

It sounds terrible. 

It is terrible. I do wish it would go away… it is just so constant… and why is it even here in the first place? This isn’t its home. Far from it in fact. She needs to just get out of here and — do you hear that?

No. I don’t hear anything.

Exactly! The child! It’s ceased its terrible squalling! I suppose we didn’t need that monster after all, but I would still like to know where it went into hiding, should we ever need it in the future…

Yeah… say, did you know that the monster is an incredibly fast wolf that dwells in this very establishment and that it now has quite a full stomach?

[blinks]

in my underwear. I have far too much clothing.