How To Help The Monster Under Your Bed

How To Help The Monster Under Your Bed …and

Some Bullies

Daniel Keeran, MSW

Jennie Keera HEWLETT-PACKARD

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How To Help The Monster Under Your Bed ‌ and Some Bullies Daniel Keeran, MSW

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Copyright 2015 Š Daniel Keeran. All rights reserved.

ISBN-13: 978-1517177409 ISBN-10: 1517177405

Submission of your sketches or drawings for this children’s book may be emailed to collegemhc@gmail.com Acknowledgement of your drawing, if selected, will be printed in the next edition.

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Dedicated to Monsters who want to be kind

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Love and kindness can change a Monster or bully into a friend, but not all monsters or bullies want to change.

Sometimes it’s best to avoid Monsters and bullies if you can.

(Drawing: Boy lying in bed.)

The boy had been put to bed, but he could not go to sleep. As he lay in bed in the dark, in the silence, he thought he heard a noise. Then again he heard it.

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(Drawing: Monster under the bed.)

The noise was a growl coming from under the bed.

Grrrrrrrrrrr. “Don’t do dee actions,” said a shakey voice from someone listening to this story.

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(Drawing: Monster peeking.)

Then without further delay, the Monster appeared peeking over the side of the bed.

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(Drawing: Boy peeking out from under his covers.)

The boy was so frightened, he pulled his blanket and sheet over his head, but he became so curious that he peeked out to see the Monster who stood beside the bed.

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(Drawing: Monster as described.)

He had large green eyes with red veins and a large head covered with long dark blue hair. And he was tall and had fat blue fingers with stubby claws.

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(Drawing: Boy talking to the Monster.)

Then fear changed to hope when the boy remembered something his father said, and so the boy looked up at the Monster and said, "I love you and forgive you if you want me to."

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(Drawing: Monster with tears splashing onto the floor.)

Tears began to fill up the Monster's eyelids and then big tear drops began to roll down his cheeks, over his belly, and splash onto the floor. As he cried, the Monster said, "Nobody ever said that to me before. I am so sorry I scared you."

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(Drawing: Monster sobbing loudly and tears splashing.)

The Monster sobbed loudly, and the boy said, "I forgive you.

Do you want to be my friend?" The Monster nodded as he wiped away more tears that also splashed onto the floor.

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(Drawing: Monster smiling.)

The Monster smiled and said, "Nobody ever wanted to be my friend before." He felt so happy that the boy wanted to be his friend because the Monster had been lonely for too long.

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(Drawing: Monster shrugs.)

The Monster said as he cried, "I don't want to hurt or scare people anymore. How can I stop scaring people?"

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(Drawing: Boy talking to the Monster.)

“Maybe you could join a Monster Support Group of other Monsters who want to learn to be kind and not hurt or scare people anymore,� said the boy.

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(Drawing: Monster talking to the boy.)

"I am so afraid of going back to scaring little boys by growling under their beds at night," said the Monster.

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(Drawing: Boy talking to the Monster.)

The boy said, "That's the same thing other Monsters want: to stop growling under children's beds at night."

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(Drawing: Monster smiling.)

The Monster smiled, but his long sharp yellow teeth were showing.

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It helps you to change something in yourself when a group of people who have a similar problem, encourage you to change, instead of your trying to do it alone. Not all Monsters want to change.

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About the Author Daniel Keeran is a counsellor who lives in Victoria, BC with his wife of 39 years as of July 2015. Their daughter is Phoebe who is married to a nice young man, and they also live in the city.

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