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Write about someone finding a monster under their bed.

Posted in Kids on Oct 21, 2022

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“The Safest Place” by Ian Gonzales

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“Are you all right, Jared?” His mother’s voice was soothing, gentle, like he was a nervous colt and might bolt if handled the wrong way. “I’m okay, Mom,” he replied, forcing a smile. Her hands fussed with his blankets, smoothing them, tucking them under his chin. “I could stay with you until you fall asleep.” Weak smile still in place, he shook his head. “You shouldn’t, Mom. Dr. Dean said I have to get over this on my own.” “I know.” A deep frown furrowed her brow. “I know.” “Don’t worry, Mom.” He knew she meant well, but right now, it was r...

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“There's Something Under the Bed” by D Crichlow

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There’s Something Under the Bed It’s early, --a little past two in the morning.  Here I am, a forty-year-old mother in my pink “GOT SLEEP?” pajamas.  My butt in the air, on her hands and knees, as I peer under the foot of my kid’s bed, asking myself, “What is it?” Under other circumstances, I would run or scream from this horror. But the tables are about to turn and this thing is going regret its decision as it meets Sleepless Mommy.  The monster is stretched out on its side with a clawed hand supporting its head. It...

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“Chirp, Chee, Chirp” by Chelsea Furman

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Timothy’s mother said goodnight, turned out the light, and closed the door. He lay awake in his bed in the dark. The sound of the trees blowing in the wind outside kept him awake just long enough to hear his mother flush the toilet before she retired.   It had been a year since his father passed away. Timothy had what some would describe as a comfortable lower middle class life, but at the age of five none of that was his concern. He cared more for Legos and stuffed animals than he did anything else but that evening he was thinking abo...

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“Specter” by Jenn Bauer

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        “Moooooom!” Jack’s screamed as his feet stomped down the hallway past my door.  I turned over and took a look at the clock.  10:15pm  I’ve barely been asleep for a half hour. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I heard mom complaining to my little brother, “We already checked. There’s no monster under your bed.” “But I felt the blankets! It’s tugging on my blanket. It stole my dino plush too!”  “Honey, go back to bed,” mom said, and that was the end of that.  Jack shuffled down...

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“Something Under Edward's Bed” by Jeffrey Jacoby

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   While Edward lay in bed, not tired at all, he heard something under his bed.    That morning he had promised to take out the trash, feed the dog, and rake the leaves in the front yard. His mother had said, "Just the front yard is ok. I'd love the back done too, but just promise me you'll do the front."    And he had. Sincerely and with all of his heart. But then, right after school, he got sidetracked.    "I'll need my strength to get all of these jobs done. I better have a snack...

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“Missing Bowls” by Mitchell Awisus

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It started with a glass bowl. I stood on my office chair and pushed a glass bowl forward with the end of a broom, cereal washing over the edge like a wave pool. I squatted on the chair waiting, praying in silence for anything else to be true. As my knees quivered and my sweaty hands gripped the splintering wood of the broom’s handle, the bowl began to move. It was pulled, as if gravity was turned ninety degrees, under my bed and out of sight.  That was the third bowl I lost. My cat’s water bowl was stolen first. Blue, with tiny cl...

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“Behind Closed Doors” by Elsa Marten

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“Go brush your teeth, honey.” Red and swollen were her eyes as she said it, her smile sad, her fingers digging into the supple flesh of his arms harder than she had intended to. He didn’t blame her, but he did flinch out of her grip and slipped his sleeve in his mouth, chewing. “Mama will be up in a couple minutes.” Nodding, he clenched his jaw and traveled up the stairs, climbed one step at a time until the fabric of his pajama was wet in his mouth. Focusing on the sounds he made helped; stepping stool scraping against the bathroom tiles, t...

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“From a child’s mind” by Rya Johnson

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The ominous click of the door sealing shut was always the beginning. And Peyton hates it. This is when the monster comes Every night.   First, that creepy loud click; then the dark inky shadows creep closer and closer to his bed.  He jerked his soft blue flannel blanket over his head and squeezes his eyes tightly shut. ‘You are brave, Peyton. You are a big boy. There isn’t a big scary green monster with ugly spiky black hair and glowing yellow eyes under the bed. Daddy killed him when we first moved here’ Peyton...

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“Ainsley's Monsters” by Jenny Prewitt

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Ainsley sets her coloring book and crayons on the seat of the chair, then uses the rungs to clamber up onto the seat. Once she completes her climb, she plops the items on the kitchen table. With a satisfied sigh, she opens to a page with a cartoon unicorn and selects a cotton candy pink crayon.               Bree watches her fairy-sized daughter with fascination as she does all this. No fuss. No complaining at how tiny she is. Just, she wants to color at the kitchen table...

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“THE GREAT SHAG” by R. J. Garron

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   Theo strutted through the park, hands in coat pockets, slushing through the carpet of reds and yellows leftover from the trees above. Passing a giant oak, someone he recognized came ambling from the other way. It was Old Man Bob McKimson, a regular among the beaten paths sporting his fisherman’s cap and wool tweed overcoat as usual. He was carrying a walking stick found among the fallen branches and cordially waved it, hoping to stop and talk. Theo obliged, always fascinated by the old man’s tales from days ...

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“Martin and the monster ” by Marina Č.

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Martin was a very good kid with big brown eyes an brown curly hair. He lived in small town whit his beautiful mother and caring father. Martin went to sleep every night at 9:00 p.m. First, he will eat his dinner and help mom to clean the table. Then he would take a quick shower and brush his teeth, put on colorful pajamas, choose one of the picture books and sit on the bed. Mom or Dad would read him a story that he chose, sometimes they both would read it together, after story they will put blanket on Martin and he would go to sleep. One eve...

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“Sleep Tight” by Tracie Jekel

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It was bed time for little Jake, so his mom tucked him in, kissed him good night, and, as always, said, “Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite!” Jake giggled, and settled in for a good night’s sleep.               Moments later, he felt his bed shake. As he cautiously looked over the side of his bed, he suddenly saw…something…looking back at him. He was face to “face” with a flat faced, big eyed, antennae clad…thing. Jake screamed and jumped up so he was ...

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“"Who Are You?" ” by Sharon Jones

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Who Are You?As baby J sits at the table in his highchair, Charlie and Julie set the bowls of food on the table as they sit down to eat. Storm’s mom, Julie, pauses from sitting down and goes to the stairway. “Storm! Dinner is on the table. Come eat.” Storm was in his clothes, looking for his favorite sweatshirt in the hope of going out in the backyard after dinner to play with the baseball and bat his dad had brought for his birthday. Storm paused for a moment and rushed to the door. “I am coming, mom!” Storm goes back into the closet, and hi...

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“Christopher Moore and the Monster in the Floor” by Jahwon Corbett

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There once was a boy  Named Christopher Moore He never really liked To clean his floor. Despite his mother’s every wish.  It seemed when his room was dirty,  He moved like a fish. He swam through the rivers of dirt and dust And would be called “dusty” by his mother Sister, and his dog named Trust.  One day Christopher was in his room gaming And then he heard his mother moving through the house His sister, she was shaming She hadn’t done her weekly chores.  It was only a matter of time. Before she came for his...

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“The Monster ‘Neath His Bed” by Sycamore Flynn

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The Monster ‘Neath His Bed ** I ** “Mom, mom, he’s here again. Hurry up, wake up!” Soaked with sweat, the little boy cowered under his blankets, frightened by the scratching of the monster dwelling beneath his bed. He had never seen the creature but its presence was as real to him as the goose bumps bubbling on his skin. It was several heartbeats past midnight and the boy was alone in his world of torment. An only child, his parents worked the graveyard shift: his father, a custodian at the local high school, his mother, a subs...

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