“Don’t talk to strangers.”
That’s the earliest advice I remember being given.
It’s also the one I followed most strictly. But not because of my parents.
Nope. What truly cemented it as an immutable law in my tiny four year old brain was a puppet show put on by the police for my pre-kindergarten class.
It started innocently; a group of woolen anthropomorphized puppies and kittens with buttons for eyes were happily playing at the park…
… then a puppy talks to a stranger. And gets abducted.
Dark twist for a bunch of four