Megan and the Monster
Megan was a young girl with a dark brown ponytail and pale purple glasses. Her glasses had hearts on them, but that didn’t make her want to wear them. In fact, she didn’t like wearing her glasses much at all, and her Daddy often had to remind her to put them on.
There was one thing Megan DID like, though, and that was playing with her sweet doggy, Sammy. She and Sammy had many adventures splashing through puddles, racing through the grass, and chasing butterflies.
One day, Megan woke early and ran outside without putting on her glasses. She called for Sammy and he came darting toward her from his favorite hiding place, under the porch. Megan grabbed a ball and threw it for Sammy to retrieve. Sammy barked happily and ran, fast as lightning, and brought the ball back to her. She threw the ball again and again, with Sammy bringing it back.
But then, she threw it a little too hard and it bounced into the woods. Sammy slipped in right behind it, so Megan ran in, too. The woods were so much fun to play in! There were pretty trees to climb, leaves to look at and collect, and roots to climb over. Megan and Sammy spent a lot of time playing here, and today was no exception.
They stayed in the woods for so long, in fact, they did not notice a storm rolling in. Megan heard a rumble of thunder and said, “It might be time to go, Sammy,” and they started heading for home, but very slowly.
A few moments later, they felt the rain begin, a soft sprinkle. Megan said, “I’m not worried, it’s just a little rain. Let’s play some more before we go inside.” So they did.
A little while later, as Megan was picking a clover and holding it to Sammy’s nose, it started to pour! It rained so hard, they were soaked through in a matter of seconds!
“Run, Sammy!” cried Megan and they both dashed to the porch, up the stairs, into the front door, and then…they stopped still. There in the hallway stood a large, fuzzy monster! Megan screamed and ducked as the monster reached out two scary fuzzy arms toward her.
She scrambled for the stairs that lead to her room and turned to call Sammy. “Sammy, come here boy!”
But Sammy did not come. He stayed with the monster, and even barked and happily wagged his tail. Megan couldn’t understand and she called, “Sammy! Come HERE!”
Sammy still did not come, and Megan watched in horror as the monster stooped down and picked up the dog.
Megan screamed again and ran up the stairs to her room, slammed her door shut, and hid under the bed. She was so scared she started crying.
Then, with sickening dread, she heard, “Thump, thump, thump!” The monster was coming up the stairs!
Then she heard the doorknob turn and her bedroom door opened. The monster was in her room!
Then, to her utter surprise, she heard her Daddy’s voice, “Megan? What’s wrong? Why are you under the bed?”
Relieved, she peeked out slowly and saw…the monster! It sounded just like her Daddy! She shrieked and jump back under the bed.
Then the monster picked up her glasses from her nightstand, and held them out to her. She heard it say, “Here, put these on please.”
Trembling, she did so, and then…Oh what a huge relief! There was her Daddy standing next to her! There had never been a monster at all, but, without her glasses, she could only see a fuzzy shape, add in the dark and the storm outside, Megan had easily imagined that her kind Daddy was really a monster.
From that day on, she never went anywhere without her glasses.
The End
