The Monster Under my Bed
Many children grow up with the fantasy/nightmare that there is a mean, scaly monster who lives under their beds and waits to see little feet fall like manna from the sky. These monsters are especially active at night, when it's dark and the child/victim cannot see so well. One little toe hanging within reach will be snagged up by a horrid limb and popped into a horrid mouth to be devoured. Children often fear that the dust bunnies found under beds in the morning are the remains of other little children, who weren't so lucky and who got up in the middle of the night to pester their parents. Ah, childhood memories.
What's so funny is that I actually do have a monster living under my bed, watching for toes and everything! It has eighteen glistening claws, a maw full of sharp and deadly fangs, and eyes that glow malevolently from beneath the drape of bed sheets. This monster drags small animals under the bed to be devoured, and leaves clumps of viscera in its wake every morning. Sometimes, spider-like, the monster will leave whole animals in its sub-mattressean lair, stunned and unable to escape, but live and warm for the next meal. [The monster doesn't seem too interested in hamsters, though, so certain readers need not fear.] Toes, on the other foot, are a favorite meal, when the monster can catch them. It likes them raw and wriggly, with or without polish on the nails. Yes, toes have much to fear at night.
I have done some research into this monster's habits, and have even stealthily penetrated its lair deep under the mattress to discover--to my utter horror--the remains of previous meals. I now count my toes every morning, to make sure none of them went wandering in the night to encounter the monster. I lay awake some nights, listening to the snapping sounds of the monster at supper--the sounds make my toes cower together in a fearful huddle.
When will I be free from this monster? When will it be safe to get a drink of water in the middle of the night? When will those poor creatures escape, or can they?
Until the answers can be found,
End.
What's so funny is that I actually do have a monster living under my bed, watching for toes and everything! It has eighteen glistening claws, a maw full of sharp and deadly fangs, and eyes that glow malevolently from beneath the drape of bed sheets. This monster drags small animals under the bed to be devoured, and leaves clumps of viscera in its wake every morning. Sometimes, spider-like, the monster will leave whole animals in its sub-mattressean lair, stunned and unable to escape, but live and warm for the next meal. [The monster doesn't seem too interested in hamsters, though, so certain readers need not fear.] Toes, on the other foot, are a favorite meal, when the monster can catch them. It likes them raw and wriggly, with or without polish on the nails. Yes, toes have much to fear at night.
I have done some research into this monster's habits, and have even stealthily penetrated its lair deep under the mattress to discover--to my utter horror--the remains of previous meals. I now count my toes every morning, to make sure none of them went wandering in the night to encounter the monster. I lay awake some nights, listening to the snapping sounds of the monster at supper--the sounds make my toes cower together in a fearful huddle.
When will I be free from this monster? When will it be safe to get a drink of water in the middle of the night? When will those poor creatures escape, or can they?
Until the answers can be found,
End.
posted by Rehkmira @ 15:12
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