On a quiet night in a dark recording studio, somwhere in a Los Angeles suburb, Mark and Mary King were winding up a long day of work. Suddenly the lights went out and they heard a crackling sound in the corner of the room. Smoke filled the air and there was a blinding flash of light.

Mark and Mary were stunned, from somewhere in the universe a magic space portal had opened and a little creature carrying a sign had transported through it. A single word appeared on the sign he carried, it said "MEEP".

Mark and Mary watched incredulously as the first was followed by many more. Within hours dozens had transported through the magic space portal. The Meeperz worked feverishly assembling a strange aparatus they would use to speed up the immigration of the hundreds that would soon follow. Once completed the new aparatus only caused the lights to dim slightly each time a Meeper transported through (if you see your lights dim briefly, that's another Meeper coming through).

Within a few weeks Mark and Mary knew they would have to act fast or they would be overrun, so they did what anyone would do in that situation: Put 'em on eBay!

You have to spell the plural of Meeper with a Z or they get agitated.

Meeperz are always happy and love to dance.

They speak very very softly in extremely high pitched voices. The way they say things is more important than the content of the words. It's been difficult decoding their language but here's a few words we've figured out so far:

Meep = I love you

eee eee eee eee eee eee = let me go

uh oh (extremely high pitched) = I screwed up

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee = squeal of delight

So if you're reading this you are one of the chosen who are destined to adopt a Meeper.

Most Meeperz are very soft and cuddly.

Their only purpose in life is to spread Love and Joy.

They are cute.

MeeperZ don't like water. Don't put them in your cereal bowl. Don't take them in the bathtub. Don't put them in the washing machine or dryer, ESPECIALLY the dryer. Do not bake your Meeper, they hate the oven and just go to pieces in there.

DO HUG your Meeper every day.