a monster under the bed
Tonight Anya screamed and screamed that she was afraid to go to bed. She wanted to sleep on her floor. We didn't understand. Finally, after talking to her for a long time, she told us there was a monster under the bed. I felt so bad for her. Archie used to sleep under the bed when he wasn't feeling well, so I wonder if this is why she thinks there is a monster under there.
So, we decided to kill the monster. We got a broom and got down on the ground and yelled at the monster that we were going to kill him. And then, like Buffy staking a vampire, we poked him from the foot of the bed. Over and over until he was dead. She was really afraid, so we were really positive about it. Yelling at the monster, telling him he was dead.
Moral of the story: kids don't tell you what they are really worried about. So ask and ask until they do. Then kill the monster. And yell at his corpse.
Comments
My parents used "Monster Spray". I think I still have some if you need to borrow it...
Posted by: Cori | June 24, 2008 9:37 AM
Once, Zoe and Henry stayed at my parents house when I still lived there and Henry was whimpering and calling out for my dad - who was down stairs watching tv. I came up to check on them and Zoe had been telling Henry there was a monster in the closet that was going to get him so he was afraid. I turned on the closet light and told him there was no monster because monsters only go to houses with little kids and there hadn't been any little kids in this room for a very very long time. Then I told Zoe to knock it off. That seemed to do the trick.
Posted by: Audrey | June 24, 2008 11:00 AM