Are You Afraid

[304 words] Are you afraid of anything?  As a child, I was scared of a monster under my bed.  One afternoon my family was working outside, it was cold and I was wearing a winter coat and boots.  As it was getting dark outside my parents told me to go inside and get ready for bed.  So, I did.  But I was so afraid that the monster under my bed was going to get me.  I ran into my room and gracefully leaped into my bed so as not to wake the monster under my bed, with my winter coat and boots still on.  I then hid under my blankets, protected from the monster two feet below me.  Even though I was hot and sweating, I never took my coat and boots off; my fear was greater.  I fell asleep that way to the dismay of my mother, who did…