Are+you+scared+yet?

1-- A girl wakes up to the brushing of something against the window. Startled by the scratching sound, she hides under her covers; only to discover that it is darker under them. She crawls out of bed, then without a single second of being on the floor, she jumps back onto the bed. She decides she shouldn't go too near to what lives under the bed at night. Mustering up all of her strength, she leaps to her door, and quickly flips the switch next to her. Safe. She sighs and carefully moves around her bed to look out the window. The scratching noise scares her, and she recoils. Then, swallowing deeply, looks out the window. A gnarled old branch from the alder tree next to her window sweeps across the glass. Almost crying out in amusement, she quickly jumps back into her bed, remembering that she can't wake her parents up. Looking around for signs of danger, she spots the closet, halfway open. Now slightly less than terrified, she dashes to her door, and cautiously steps into the hallway. To her right are her parents bedroom, and to the left, a bathroom. She quietly tiptoes over to the bathroom, trying to step over all the squeaky floorboards. Before she enters the room, she reaches around the corner frantically, and turns on the lights. She jumps in, and after checking that there is nothing in the shower, she closes and locks the door, so nothing can get in. She sits on the toilet for a mere ten seconds, just to do her duty, and hops off, and washes her hands to get rid off any infections living there. Then, she washes everything else, just to be sure. She drops the lid down carefully, so that the monster that lives deep in the sewers can't reach her. She scrambles to unlock the door, and stepping out, proceeds to walk down the hall. After about five million steps, she reaches the kitchen. After lighting the room, she gets a glass by crawling onto the counter, so that nothing under the sink snags her. She then gets the carton of milk from the fridge, and pours herself a glass. She goes to the pantry and snatches a cookie, no monster would disguise themselves as such a yummy treat. After finishing her snack, she turns the lamps in the living room on and finds a good book. But only after three pages from 'The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles' she hears a crash from down the stairs. IN THE BASEMENT. She had never been down there at night and would only go downstairs at daytime with her parents. She tried to ignore the sound and went back to her room. She finds the radio and switches to her favourite programme. Crawling into her bed again, she puts her head on the pillow and tries to put the thought of something living down there aside. - Deep down in the dark depths of the basement all is quiet and knowing eyes peer out from the darkness. Waiting for the tell tale sound, it hears it. Small little footsteps cascade down the stairs.// Curiosity killed the cat. //