Fluffy

“Mom, Dad!”

“Melanie? You’re supposed to be in bed!”

“F… F…”

“You’re shaking! C’mere, did you have a nightmare?”

“F… Fluffy.”

“What?”

“The monster in her closet, Pete.”

“Ah… Melanie, what did I tell you about monsters?”

“They don’t exist?”

“That’s right. They’re a figment of your imagination, sweetie.”

“Um…”

“They’re not real.”

“Oh, well, the ficklement of my imagination ate Cassie!”

“What?”

“F… Fluffy ate Cassie.”

“Melanie…”

“He did.”

“Melanie, there is no monster in your closet.”

“He still ate Cassie, though.”

“Melanie…”

“Pete, she must have had a nightmare. She looks scared.”

“Yes, sorry. But she needs to know that this… “Fluffy” isn’t real. Right… sweetie, we’ll go upstairs and you’ll see Cassie is just fine. Then we’ll have a look in your closet. Okay? And then you can go to sleep and no more monsters. How’s that?”

“Okay, Dad…”

~~~

“Melanie, where’s Cassie?”

“Told you. Fluffy ate her.”

“Cassie?”

“She’s gone. Told you.”

“Cassie? Come out of hiding now, sweetheart!”

“…’twas Fluffy.”

“Cassie?”

~~~

“Sweetie?”

“Yes, Mom?”

“Where’s your sister?”

“Fluffy ate her.”

“We’ve checked everywhere.”

“Yes.”

“Did you two have a fight?”

“No…”

“You can tell me…”

“I know. But we didn’t.”

“So, what happened?”

“We heard something in the closet. I told Cassie not to go and look but she did and I told her not to. Then she opened the door and Fluffy ate her.”

“Melanie, that’s not funny.”

“I know. He still did, though.”

“What’s this Fluffy look like?”

“He’s big and hairy.”

“That’s why you call him… it… Fluffy?”

“Yup.”

“I’m calling the police.”

~~~

“We’re very sorry, Mrs. Howarth. We can’t find any sign of a break-in or struggle, so that’s good news. We’re having four teams on the look-out for your daughter.”

“Thank you, officer.”

“We know this must be a difficult time for your family.”

“Yes, yes it is.”

“Your daughter Melanie’s description of the intruder’s not much to go by.”

“Big and hairy. Yes.”

“She’s tucked back in, now?”

“Pete’s just put her to bed.”

~~~

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“Uh-oh… Fluffy?”

“Grrrr”


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Prompt - The set up here is to have a little boy/girl try to convince his/her parent(s) that there is a monster in their room and that it has eaten his/her older brother/sister. Have fun!