The Licker

This is a very, and I mean very popular story, it's always told the same way, and it has continued to send shivers up people's backs. Enjoy!

Melonie was a very lucky child, she had everything. Mountains of toys, popularity at school, and her favorite sheep dog, Adonis. Every night as Melonie lay down to sleep, Adonis would lick her hand, to assure her that she was being protected. One night Melonie laid down to sleep, and Adonis was not there. But she couldn't stay awake, she was too tired, so she curled up and fell asleep. She woke in the middle of the night, after having a bad dream and reached her hand over the edge of the bed, and Adonis licked her hand lovingly. She smiled and closed her eyes. When she woke in the morning the house was in chaos. Her mother was talking to the police, and her father was in the bathroom examining something. Melonie, didn't know what was going on, but apparently, her family had been robbed. And it had to be by someone that knew the family. Melonie didn't understand and went to talk to her father, who was still in the bathroom, now talking to a police officer about Adonis. Melonie squeezed through the doorway before her father could notice, and was met with a gruesome sight. Adonis, her beloved sheep dog was hung by his collar off the showerhead. His throat had been cut, and a message had been written on the wall in the dog's blood. It read: "Even humans can lick..."