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speak n spell it

speak n spell emulator.
ahh… brings back memories. of one long road trip home from anchorage in the middle of the night, in particular.

my speak n spell’s batteries were near the end of their life - and no surprise since i had played with the thing for the four hour trip to anchorage, and all during the weekend in anchorage.

the low batteries caused the speak n spell man to slur his words at first, and then later the words on screen an spoken no longer resembled english. my wonderful brother (not that one) convinced me that aliens were trying to communicate to me through my speak n spell.

he had me so frightened as he ‘interpreted’ the alien-speak: their home planet had a shortage of little girls, and they had come to take me back with them. they liked to suck brains from human skulls, and little girl brains were so sweet and tender.

i have never let the batteries run down that low on any toy since.