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afraid of them again."

Bamey nodded solemnly. All the kids in preschool agreed
parents were pretty stupid about monsters. But there wasn't
much he could do about his mother.

The monsters were another matter.

She blew him and his butthead brother a kiss, and turned
out the tight. Bamey heard her walk across the hall to Carol's
room and start to sing again.

"Only sissies are scared of monsters." Jamie propped hhn-
setf on one elbow and looked over at his brother. "You're
such a sissy."

Bamey lay in the bed and studied his brother. He could
feel the monsters waiting in the darkness around them;

could hear them licking their tips and scratching their itches
and waiting. Just waiting. Waiting was what monsters were
best at.

The feel of monster was worse than usual, Bamey
decided. Closer, and hungrier. He was going to have to do
the Turtle Shield. But first he had to take care of his butt-
head brother.

That's okay," he told Jamie. "All the monsters are under
your bed tonight." He rolled over with his back to Ilis
brother and dug himself deeper beneath the covers.

"They are not!" Jamie whispered.

Bamey lay very still and smiled,

They ARE NOT!" Jamie yelled.

16 Holly Lisle
"Jamie! Leave your brother alone and go to sleep!"
Mommy yelled from Carol's room.

Bamey's smile grew bigger. He could always get Jamie in
trouble that way.

"They are not, poopface!" Jamie whispered again.

Jamie gave up when Bamey pretended to be asleep. After
a while, Bamey could hear his brother's steady breathing.
He waited a few minutes longerтАФjust to make sure. He