CLAIRE
"Boys, I'm going to be out for a while... You'll be staying with your grandmother, but I want you to take a nap, you understand? As soon as I leave, she'll put you to bed and tell you a story, but I want to go straight to sleep... Straight to sleep... Do you understand?"

NATE'S MOTHER
"Boys! Come here, come over here, boys. Climb up here on the bed and old granny will tell you a story. SNAP! SNAP! Oh, did you hear that sound, boys? SNAP! SNAP! Did you hear that sound? That's the sound of THE SANDMAN'S BABIES!!! That's the sound they make with their little owl beaks when they think they're about to eat SOME EYEBALLS!!! That's all they eat, you know… The Sandman's babies only eat eyeballs... Eyeballs of bad children..."