A Good Night Story

I try to hold back my tears as my body is swallowed up by my fear.

"Everything will be all right, my child, you don't have to be afraid, Mommy will tell you a good night story." said my mother's voice.

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**"***Once upon a time there was a young girl who lived in a small village. She was very curious and often bored in the village, so she was always exploring the surrounding forest. One day when she was on her way home, she found a surrounding cornfield. At first she was not interested in going there, but in the corner of her eye she spotted a figure standing still on a wooden pole with a straw hat. Guided by her curiosity, she made her way to the figure, but as she was about to enter the field, she was stopped by a couple of crows.*

**"Stop, you can't go through!"** *said one of the crows. The girl was angry and confused and wanted to know why not.*

**"In the field lives the evil old scarecrow!"** *said another crow.*

**"Lurking for someone to come to her just to scare us!"** *replied another crow.*

**"Don't share the corn with us!"** *said the last crow.*

*The girl was a bit frightened by the crow's statements, but she decided to confront the scarecrow and went to the scarecrow.*

*When she arrived at the scarecrow, she heard an eerie sound coming from the scarecrow. The sound scared her and her body screamed to run away, but with all her courage she shouted why the scarecrow was scaring the crows. The scarecrow turned its head towards her and she saw tears under the beady eyes that were hidden under the hat. The scarecrow cried. She approached the figure and asked why she was crying.*

**"SO alone, everyone is running away from me, I just want to have friends,"** *the scarecrow replied, sobbing.*

*She felt sorry for the scarecrow and thought about how she could help her. After a while she had an idea and ran back to the crows.*

**"Didn't we tell you she would scare you?"** *said one of the crows knowingly.*

*The girl shook her head and explained to the crows what was really going on and asked them to at least go back and talk to the scarecrow. At first the crows were completely against it, but after several begs they decided to try again. When they all arrived at the scarecrow, she held the crows so that they would not flee from it. She ordered the crows to explain why they flew away from the scarecrow and to explain to the scarecrow why it was making those scary noises. After a while they understood each other and the crows agreed to become friends with the scarecrow. The creepy noises stopped when the scarecrow stopped crying and had a smile on her face instead. The girl was happy to have helped them all and played with them until the evening hours when she had to go back home to the village. She hugged her new friends and said goodbye happily that she could help someone clear up a misunderstanding.**"***

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I was shaking even more when the story was finished. my mom tells me the story every now and then before I go to sleep and I always fell asleep when she finished.

But I am lying under my bed and not in my bed.

But it is completely dark and no night light is burning.

But it's cold in the house and no fireplace is burning.

But my mother's voice tells the story.

But I don't have to stare at the dead bodies of my parents at the end of the room, crying.

And most of all, there is not the **thing** in the middle of my room that took my mom and dad away.

When I sobbed too loudly, the thing bent down and stared at me with its glowing red eyes.

***"FOOUUNNDDTTT yYJJOUUu HOONNIIEEYY!!!"***