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When my nightlight blinks out, the shadows rise. They creep and crawl and sneak and slink to my bed. I'm scared of the dark. Daddy charges in to rescue me.
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Daddy's bathrobe is a knight's armor. His flashlight is a sharp sword. A giant stomps his feet and fee-fi-foe-fums on my ceiling. “Ahhhh!” I scream.
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Daddy points his sword and the giant is gone.
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"You know what I see?" Daddy asks.
"A friendly sea creature. It's yellow and has five sides. It looks like something in the night sky."
"Oh!" I say. “I see it now.” I'm not so scared anymore.
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Then a witch cackles in the corner. She tilts her spiky hat at me to cast a spell.
“Stop her!” I scream.
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Daddy rattles his armor and points his sword.
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“That's not a witch,” Daddy says. “It's something much bigger, way off in the distance. Maybe we can climb it someday. Do you see how it's capped with snow?”
“Oh!” I say. “I see it now.” I'm not so scared anymore.
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Until a giant spider scuttles down my bedroom wall.
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“What else could it be?” Daddy asks. “Think of something that has willowy branches and green leaves.”
“Oh!” I say. “I see it. We can have a picnic under it.” I'm not so scared anymore.
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But the shadows keep bumping and thumping in the dark. A snake slithers and slips out of the closet.
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Daddy wraps me in his armor and hands me the sword. I point it at the snake.
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“Imagine it's something else,” Daddy says. I think and think and think.
“Aha!” I shout. “It's a toy. I can swing it over my head and jump when it comes back down. Do you see it, Daddy?”
“I do, I do,” he says. I'm not so scared anymore.
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Daddy kisses me goodnight and leaves me with the armor and sword. Shadows creep and crawl and sneak and slither. Huge rats scamper across the rug. I shriek and shut my eyes tight.
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I pull the armor closer around me, point my sword, and open my eyes.
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I laugh because I'm not so scared anymore. I imagine the shadows are something else. They have blue feathers and chirp me a lullaby. Do you see them?
