Story #ReadCash: the big scare

Do you want to know the story of a great scare that ended with a chocolate flavor

One summer night little Laura was lying on her bed. It was very hot, and since she was not able to sleep, she entertained herself by looking at the beautiful full moon through the open window, while she thought:

– It is so white and luminous… It looks great like a lantern lighting up the world!

She was relaxed and happy looking at the sky when suddenly, on the study table that was placed under the window, she distinguished a strange silhouette against the light. She looked closely to see if it was one of her dolls, but she immediately realized that it wasn't because... the silhouette in question began to move from side to side uncontrollably!

A horrible feeling of fear ran through his body from head to toe and he began to scream.

– Aghgggggh!… Help, help! There is a monster in my room! There is a monster in my room!

The girl was out of her mind because she thought she had seen a terrifying being, but in reality it was a harmless mouse that had sneaked into the bedroom looking for breadcrumbs.

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The reaction of the innocent animal to hear the screams was also championship. At the first scream he gave a bounce that almost touched the ceiling; immediately afterwards he bolted to hide in the first place he found, and this was... Laura's bed! Not knowing what he was getting himself into, he jumped onto the mattress and slid between the sheets, completely dazed and disoriented.

It was then that something unexpected happened that further complicated the situation: inadvertently, her furry little body brushed against the girl's feet and when she noticed it, she began to bawl even more horrifyingly.

– Aghgggggh!… Aghgggggh!… Mom, mom, help me! Now the monster has gotten into my bed and wants to attack me!

Desperate, she jumped up and ran to huddle in a corner of the room.

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As you can imagine, after contact with the supposed monster the girl was terrified, but… what about the mouse? Well, the poor guy also got the shock of his life! As she had never seen a human being, when Laura's cold feet touched her she panicked. It was then that she got out of bed to hide in the corner, and he, his hair standing up like spikes, took advantage of her to sneak in the opposite direction. In fact, he ran at a thousand miles an hour until, thanks to her keen sense of smell, he located the little hole that communicated with her burrow.

The mother mouse saw him arrive with tears in her eyes and shaking like jelly.

- But son, what happens to you? You wouldn't have seen a ghost!

The young rodent hugged her.

– Mommy, you don't know how bad I've been! I went out to get something to eat and I don't know how I ended up in a place where there was a huge monster that did nothing but scream. It was the worst experience of my entire life!

The mouse tried to calm her son with a good dose of cuddles. Stroking his head, she said:

– Calm down, little one, you're safe now. Next time you have to be a little more careful to avoid getting into unpleasant situations, okay?…

- Yes mom. I don't want to see such a monster ever again!

– Of course not, my son. Come, I'm going to give you something that I know you really like to make you feel better.

The little mouse gladly accepted the chocolate bar that his mother gave him and began to gnaw it. For a little while he enjoyed like never before the delicious flavor of sugared cocoa that so excited him. Without realizing it, he calmed down and began to yawn.

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Meanwhile, Laura's mother, alerted by the screams, had come running to the girl's room. She found her in a corner, sitting with her head between her legs and shivering with fear.

"But what's wrong with you, darling?" What are you doing there and why are you yelling like that?

Laura threw herself into his arms.

– Oh, mom, something terrible has happened! There was a monster in my bedroom and the very heartless one got into my bed because he wanted to attack me… I'm so scared!

The woman pressed her against her chest.

– Honey, monsters don't exist! Take a deep breath, it's all over. Look closely, there is no one here!

- But mom...

– Monsters only live in stories, they are lies. Come on, go back to bed and I'll stay with you until you fall asleep, okay?

Laura laid her head on the pillow and her mother kissed her on the forehead; after her, the lady put her right hand in the pocket of her dressing gown.

– Oh, what I have hidden here!… Since I know you love it, I'll let you eat it before going to sleep so that you get over it!

Wrapped in a silver-colored paper, he took out… a piece of chocolate! The little girl was very happy because it was what she liked the most in the world. She hit it to the palate and savored it very slowly until she didn't have a bit left. It was so delicious!... Thanks to the company of her mother and her little surprise gift, the fears evaporated like smoke and disappeared.

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Finally silence completely took over the home, and both the mouse and the girl fell asleep peacefully, each one in his room, each one in his bed, each one with his mother, but both with the same taste of chocolate in the little mouth

And so, between sweet dreams, ends this beautiful story that, as you can see, confirms something we all know: monsters don't exist! What does not clarify well is the other question: who scared whom?