I have mostly been terrified of listening to scary stories around a campfire. We camp a lot as a family, and at night my dad would try and tell us scary stories. This made eating s'mores difficult. The story would start with something like... 'and the old man who lived in these woods...' I would then run back into the camper terrified.

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This quote reflects the speaker's personal fear of listening to scary stories around a campfire. The speaker describes being terrified by their dad's attempts to scare them while camping as a family. The mention of eating s'mores being difficult suggests that the fear from the stories disrupts their enjoyment of the camping experience. It also depicts the recurring pattern where the speaker's dad would start a scary story, typically involving an old man in the woods, leading to the speaker running back to the safety of their camper out of fear.

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