The Tag

There once was a very small apple, that was annoyed by the tag on his mattress that said "do not remove". Every night, the tag tickled his tiny, nonexistent toes. Finally, one day, he tore the tag off in frustration, but heard a scream as he did. The tiny apple looked all over the place, but he could not figure out where the scream came from. Later that night, as the diminutive apple prepared for bed, the lights suddenly went out. There was a slam, clatter. The apple was very frightened, not to mention very, very small. Who was there, wondered the puny little apple. What could it be? As he reached for his flashlight, a shadow appeared in the doorway. Frantically, the minuscule apple tried to get the flashlight to turn on, but it was far too big for him to properly handle, because he was so tiny, you see. Before he could react, the figure reached out and tore the apple's tiny little stem clean off! He screamed in agony and dropped the flashlight, which finally flickered on to reveal... the mattress!