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There's o monster upstolrs. It's living in my bedroom this weeh. It,sunder my bed.

When I get up in the morni.ng, I have to run to mg cupboord vergguick[g, open its doors, tohe out mg clothes ond then run to thebothroom. I put my clothes on there. I don't wont to put mg ctotheson mg choir or to get dressed in mg bedroom. I don't wont themonster to come out Jrom under the bed ond steol my sochs or mgJovourlte sweoter.

AJter schoo[, I don't go upsroirsond plog computer gomes. Mgcomputer is on mg desh [n mgbedroom. I don't wont to sit therewith mg Jeet on the J[oor. WhenI'm not loohing, the monstermight come out ond try to eatmu toes.

And I con't do mg homeworh in my bedroom in the evening. Themonster might write or dro.w on otl the poges in mg school boohs.I'm doing otl mg homeworh downstolrs on the hitchen tob[e thisweeh. Mum sogs thot's OK.

When I go to bed ot night, I open the door to mg bedroom ond sogvery loudtg, 'This Ls my room but I hnow gou're in herel You con'tscore me!' The monster listens, I thinh. It doesn't come out. I neversee it. But the monster does score me. I hnow lt's there.I run ond jump i.n my bed verg quichtg and close mU eues ond countto 100. Grandmo totd me to do thot. Counting helps Uou to goto sleep, she sogs. When gou ore counti.ng to 100, gou don't thinhabout monsters.

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The monster tries to moveguietty but sometlmes Ico,n heor it in the night. Ithinh it climbs out oJ mgwindow. I thinh it Jindsthi.ngs to eot in ourgorden. I hnow it comesboch ogoin beJoremornlng.

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I told my brother about the monster.be sitty, Vichg! There ore no monstersverg big one under mine. There's onebrother lihes monsters. He drqws lotsthem on his wa[[s.

He loughed ond said, 'Don'tunder Uour bed, but there's ain mg cupboord too.' I thinh mgoJ pictures oJ them ond puts

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I tol.d Dod obout the monster. ffi@{He said, 'Don't worry! I'm not d

I told Mum obout the monster. Sheong monsters under Uour bed whenI thinh the monster hides when sheo veru, verg ctever one!

oJroid oJ monsters. We conJind it ond te[[ it to go owag.'But Dod didn't .oT.,o,nd Ifhelp me when I ashed hi.mto. He wonted to wotch aJi[m on television with UncleBitt. I thinh Dad rs scored oJmonsters. I con understqndthat.

[oughed ond said, 'I didn't seeI c[eoned Uour room gesterdoy.'goes in mg room. This monster ls

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It's Saturdag todoU. My brotherand my porents don't wont to hetpme, but ] don't wont to live withthls scarg monster Jor onotherweeh. I want to ptag computergomes in mg bedroom ogoln.

I'm going upstoirs now. I wont toJind the monster and telt lt to goowog. It con go ond live with MrsGray. She lives in the house nextto ours. Mg brother and I don'tlihe her!

So, I'm loohing under my bed ...I thinh it's got [ots oJ legs and oteeth. I thinh it's got huge bloch

I hnow there's o monster here.big round stomoch and big scorge9es ...

But ] con't see And I con't heorOh ges, I con. There it

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This storg is obout o girl ond ospider thot she finds under her bed.It's funng becquse she thinks it's qmonster. I tiked the picture of herroom ot night.

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