Oogie still didn't understand a word the girl was saying. Random little phrases and strange names - but did it matter, really? She was pretty and that was that. It was only a matter of time until she was his, he was sure of it.

So he was rather irked when the kid interrupted. Didn't he know a work in progress when he saw one? And why was he talking like a dictionary? Parents probably named him Webster or something, he thought dismissively.

Well, he was the Boogieman. There was no kid alive that could resist his charms - or his scares.

He prepared his scariest glare and turned it on the dictionary-boy. "Buzz off, kid."