Long before a little girl asked her grandmother, "Why are your eyes so big and your teeth so sharp?" a boy asked her mother "Why don't we go out after dark?"

The mother knew the answer well and offered it quickly, "Because we want to keep all our fingers and toes attached to our hands and feet."

The boy didn't understand much of the answer, but enough to stop asking.

Dientudo,

If you think that having to wear braces for a few years to get straight teeth is a nightmare, let me tell you about the Dientudo. A creature from Argentinian folklore, stories about the Dientudo, the One-with-Large-Teeth, abound in folktales from Buenos Aires.

A very tall—seven feet or more—humanoid with skin covered in dark...

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