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  • Welcome to Storyline Online.

  • I'm Lily Tomlin and today I'm reading Hey, That's My Monster

  • written by Amanda Knoll and illustrated by Howard McWilliam.

  • Tonight, when I looked under the bed for my monster, I found this note instead.

  • So long, kid.

  • Gotta go.

  • Someone needs me more than you do. -Gabe

  • What?! Gabe was MY monster!

  • Nobody needed him more than me!

  • But someone sure DID need a monster - my little sister Emma.

  • Now that Emma slept in a toddler bed, she like to...

  • ...climb out, roam the house, and play noisy games at night.

  • I knew a monster would keep her in bed so she could fall asleep.

  • But not MY monster!

  • I had to get Gabe back.

  • I tiptoed across the hall to Emma's room.

  • She wasn't even there.

  • But Gabe was!

  • I gulped, zoomed across the carpet,

  • and leaped onto Emma's bed before Gabe could grab my toes.

  • "Gabe, " I whispered.

  • "Please go back to our room.

  • I'll get Emma to sleep."

  • "You?!" he snorted.

  • "You're gonna get her to sleep?

  • Ha! That's a good one!

  • But you know what? I like you, kid, so I'll give you three chances.

  • If she's not asleep, I'll be back!"

  • And Gabe was gone.

  • Just then Emma toddled into the room.

  • She clearly needed a monster.

  • Maybe she didn't know how to get one.

  • But I did.

  • "Hey, Emma," I said.

  • "Let's play.

  • Can you knock on the floor?"

  • Emma knocked - with a dinosaur.

  • It worked.

  • I heard some creaking under Emma's bed.

  • Then something sniffled.

  • It squelched and dripped.

  • So far so good, I thought.

  • This monster sounds scary enough for Emma.

  • But Emma kept on playing.

  • A slime-covered monster slid out.

  • It oozed toward Emma.

  • "Icky!" she laughed, wiping one of the monster's noses.

  • "Icky! Wipe!"

  • Emma wasn't scared at all!

  • "Excuse me," I said to the mucus monster.

  • "I didn't catch your name."

  • "By dabe is Agatha," she said through stuffed noses.

  • "Tibe for bed, Ebba."

  • Emma giggled and wiped some more.

  • I knew this wouldn't work.

  • "Thanks, Agatha.

  • Nice try.

  • But I think we need a monster with claws."

  • Agatha snuffled, and then she was gone.

  • "Emma," I coaxed again, "knock knock."

  • She knocked on the floor - with a teapot this time -

  • and I heard more creaking.

  • Then a slippery tail slithered out from under the bed.

  • The second monster rasped, "I'm Cynthia."

  • Much better, I thought when I saw the jagged claws.

  • Cynthia might be the perfect monster for Emma.

  • But Emma blinked and said, "Pretty!"

  • Then she decorated Cynthia's tail with bracelets.

  • "Ugh," Cynthia snarled.

  • "I'm not here to play dress up!

  • I'm here to scare you into bed!"

  • Cynthia rattled louder, but Emma danced to the beat.

  • "I'm sorry, Cynthia," I said.

  • "This isn't going to work."

  • "Well, I never!" she sniffed, and then she was gone.

  • "Cynfia, come back!"

  • Emma demanded, stomping on the floor.

  • Excellent, I thought.

  • Maybe that would summon the perfect monster for Emma.

  • Tentacles swarmed from under the bed, and an icy voice called, "Whooooo......"

  • I shrank back in horror, but Emma was enchanted.

  • "Whooooo's out of bed?" the monster continued.

  • "Come to Vla-a-adimir...."

  • Emma high-fived one of the tentacles, and the third monster emerged.

  • I already had doubts about this one, but he was my last chance.

  • "Vladimir," I asked.

  • "can you get Emma to sleep?"

  • "Yes-s-s-s," he hissed, reaching for Emma.

  • "I can GET her!"

  • Emma giggled and hopped over the tentacles like jump ropes.

  • "Oh, no!" I blurted.

  • "She's not supposed to be having fun!

  • This'll never work!"

  • Vlad's tentacles drooped, he slunk under the bed, and he was gone.

  • "Sorry, Vlad..." I called.

  • Boy , was I sorry.

  • I was about to lose Gabe - forever.

  • Now Emma was coloring.

  • And singing.

  • "Blabamir, bla, bla, Cymfia, ya ya, Agafa, fa, fa..."

  • Gabe must have heard her, because he was back.

  • "That's it, kid," he grunted.

  • "You had your three tries.

  • Now it's MY turn.

  • Gabe's green ooze sizzled across the floor as he growled,

  • "Put.

  • The crayon.

  • Down."

  • Emma peered at my hulking, sharp-clawed monster and said, "Fuzzy."

  • "Hey, Gabe!" I cheered.

  • "Emma isn't afraid of you!"

  • "WHAT?!!"

  • Gabe burst out from under the bed and loomed over Emma.

  • Steam spurted from his ears.

  • "Get.

  • Into.

  • Bed!"

  • Gabe thundered.

  • Emma hopped up.

  • But she kept singing, "Fuzzy, fuzzy monster."

  • "Gabe," I said, "Emma's not scared enough to fall asleep.

  • Please, let's go back to our room."

  • "No can do, kid," Gabe growled, "I may not be the perfect monster for Emma,

  • but I'm the best so far.

  • At least she's in bed now.

  • I gotta stay here.

  • You're on your own."

  • I knew Emma needed Gabe, but he was MY monster.

  • How was ever going to get to sleep without him?

  • Just then, we heard a tiny noise.

  • hic. hic. hic.

  • Emma froze.

  • Gabe and I peered under the bed.

  • "Stella, what are you doing here?"

  • Gabe asked.

  • "Hi, Gabe," Stella said, tugging on her tutu.

  • "You forgot - hic - your snack.

  • Mama thought - hic - you'd be hungry, so she - hic - sent this."

  • Who knew?

  • Gabe had a little sister too!

  • I thought Stella's hiccups were cute, but Emma obviously didn't.

  • Stella sure noticed.

  • She tiptoed closer, hiccupping with every step.

  • hic. hic. hic.

  • From under the covers, Emma squeaked, "SHOO!"

  • "Shoo?"

  • Stella repeated.

  • "Oh! Shoe!

  • That's where toes go.

  • I loooove toes."

  • Stella crept toward Emma's feet.

  • Emma squealed, scrunched in her feet, and giggled, "No toes, no toes!"

  • Gabe laughed.

  • "Stella, it looks like you're the perfect monster for Emma.

  • Now, if you don't mind, you can get her to sleep while I get back to what I do best."

  • Stella nodded.

  • "Hic!"

  • I sighed with relief and switched off Emma's lamp.

  • Then I ran to my room, leaped into bed, and scrunched in my feet so Gabe couldn't get them.

  • I shivered happily.

  • Emma had Stella.

  • I had Gabe.

  • Everything was back to normal.

  • I shivered again.

  • We'd all be asleep in no time.

  • The end.

  • I enjoyed reading this book so much.

  • It was so much fun.

  • And I hope you enjoyed listening to it and you enjoy reading it.

  • That's the most fun.

  • Is you read it yourself and then you imagine the monsters and you imagine all the noises

  • they make and the "ooo's" and the slithering.

  • And that's how it is when you read.

  • Every book you read takes you into another world.

  • Thank you for watching Storyline Online.

  • Make sure you check out our other stories.

  • And keep watching and keep reading.

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ヘイ・ザッツ・マイ・モンスターはリリー・トムリンが読んだ (Hey That's My Monster read by Lily Tomlin)

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