//------------------------------// // Daring Grue // Story: Daring Documents // by Super Trampoline //------------------------------// It is dark, your birch torch burned to naught but an ashy nub. You continue on, determined to reach the treasure. Suddenly, a disembodied voice echoes through the bowls of the temple: ''You are likely to be eaten by a grue.'' You are puzzled. ''What's a grue?'' you wonder aloud. The voice answers, ''The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light.'' ''Meh,'' you say, shrugging. This is all you said, because you were eaten by a grue.