The Book

Item: SCP-####

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-#### is considered safe and is therefore stored in a standard storage locker at site 17, with no access restrictions required.

Description: SCP-#### is a blank white book, possibly of Japanese origin (see footnotes #1), lacking a cover and authors or illustrators listed. It is made of simple paper protected by a hardcover, with measurements of 8in by 10in (20.32cm by 25.4cm, a size of which made to appeal more to a child), and weighs about 5.6 to 12 ounces depending on the number of pages. Because of the unusual nature of SCP-####, measurement of weight is inconsistent.

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What makes SCP-#### unusual is that, while appearing to be any ordinary Children's book, when it comes into contact with human hands, it instantaneously generates a story within the book based on the holder's interest. SCP-#### can generate stories regarding a broad range of topics, from mathematics, the environment, history, video games, and even historical figures. Regardless of these topics, SCP-#### can also generate classic children's stories, such as "Green eggs and ham", "The very hungry Caterpillar", and "The Giving Tree". The overall design and flow of the book is made to fit in more with the mindset of a child, with its simple drawn characters, and with its reading level being low enough (around a grade 2 reading level) for a child to easily read. However there is a limit to SCP-####, as it will not generate stories regarding any topic consisting of violence, Ideologies, anything inappropriate, or etc. Because of this, several tests, regarding the variety of topics SCP-#### can generate through its stories, have shown up with nothing. In this "blank state" (as referred to by researchers) the book will function like any other book, consisting of 40 blank white pages. Its theorized that this is, as of right now, the maximum amount of pages SCP-#### can generate, however, further testing may show otherwise.

Update:
4/23/2011
During a experiment regarding the collaboration of SCP-#### and a group of people in the 20-25 age group, SCP-#### had generated a story based on the history on Harvard Law School, with the recorded number of pages being 44, which is now the currently known maximum amount of pages SCP-#### can generate. Still, further testing may show otherwise.

Progress through testing of SCP-#### have revealed that the book is rather indestructible, as any damage done to SCP-#### such as small tears, ripped out pages, and etc, SCP-#### will repair its self with the new story it generates. It can also fix its self of folded pages and vandalism made with any kind of writing tools; such as pens, pencil, colored pencil, sharpie, and etc.

Despite SCP-#### having several policies as to what stories it can generate, any interest regarding other SCP's have an exception from this policy. However, depending on a SCP's object class and overall nature, SCP-#### will censor anything regarding these factors, leaving some SCPs to have major or no censorship at all within SCP-#### (see Addendum 1a).

Recovery Log: SCP-#### was recovered on the 15th of July, 1998, from Long Beach in Los Angeles, CA. The original owner of SCP-####, Arthur Thornton , a author well known author within his community, died (from old age) two weeks before the recovery of SCP-####. Following his death, his son soon received possession of his father's belongings. Upon discovering SCP-#### and its anomalous properties, the individual (Micheal Thornton) was initially reluctant to give up SCP-####, believing it to be harmless and stating the fact that it was now apart of his ownership. However, due several doubts from both his wife and himself regarding SCP-####, the individual later turned in the book into the hands of the LAPD. A foundation agent embedded within the LAPD, reported the acknowledgement of SCP-#### to the foundation, and soon enough, the foundation took ownership of SCP-####, where it was later moved to site 17.¹

Addendum 1a: During testing of the collaboration of SCP-#### and Dr Adam Burke, SCP-#### generated a story based on SCP-███ (the current SCP Dr Adam Burke is in charge of). However, because the end result was heavily censored, the story only included SCP-███'s discovery, parts of it's description & special containment procedures, and a few footnotes.

Document#(scp number here)-1a I would like to remind all staff that just because we have a book that can constantly make stories for you doesn't mean you can sit around reading all afternoon. And besides, its a literal children's book, its not like your improving your reading skill in anyway. If continued abuse of the book continues, I may be forced to implement a suspension system for people abusing the book. And hey, if you do get suspended, why not read some actual adult books.
-Dr. Walton

Document #(scp number here)-1b: For curiosity's sake, and to, perhaps get a better idea of the characteristics/mindset of certain SCP's, I have compiled a list of classic children's stories & topics SCP-#### had generated within the book when interacted by other sentient SCP's.

SCP	Result
SCP-040	Alice in Wonderland.
SCP-073	The story of Moses.2
SCP-108-01	Slava Polunin's career.
SCP-182	Animal behavior.
SCP-230	The history of Fortune Tellers.
SCP-237-02	Human anatomy.
SCP-321	The history of the foundation.
SCP-999	The evolution of humans.
SCP-2118	The story version of the film "Baby's day out".
SCP-3477	Frank Abagnale's con man years.
SCP-4119	The invention of gunpowder.
SCP-4999	The psychology of comforting someone.

Further cross-testing is permitted and even suggested, however, required approval and supervision is required due to safety concerns.
- Dr. Walton

Footnotes

1. The origin of SCP-#### is currently unknown, however current research is being done to find the origin of SCP-####. In the meantime, the most common theory to SCP-####'s origin is that it had originated from a flea market in Osaka Japan. The current theory is based from the accounts of Micheal Thornton regarding his father's trip to Japan back in 1976.

2. Immediately after opening SCP-####, the book's pages started to go through symptoms similar to other organic material within SCP-073's effect radius. The experiment was ceased, with the book being taken from SCP-073 by Class D personnel, with only minor damage present. When asked by researchers, SCP-073 stated it had only read the first couple of words of the story SCP-#### had generated.