And the Trees Crept In

by Dawn Kurtagich

“It’s just God up there,” Cath said. “He’s moving his furniture around. Nothing to be scared of. It just sounds loud because we live underneath him.”

“He’s taking photos of you!” Cath cried. “How wonderful! He must think you’re beautiful.”

The man in the trees came in the night to steal the girl and give her a fright. the little girl blocked her ears and eyes but the Creeper Man wears many a disguise.