I was lying in bed, already almost falling asleep, when I heard something. A scraping. A quiet tapping. Maybe even... a muttering? I opened my eyes and held my breath. The room was dark, with the only light coming through a crack in the curtains. What was that? "It's just the wind," I tried to reassure myself. But then the sound repeated itself. Closer this time. I felt the hair on the back of my neck rise. There was something under the bed. I took a torch from the bedside table, slowly lowered my hand to the floor and I shone it under the bed. And that's when I saw it. A pair of big, shining eyes were looking at me. My heart stopped, but before I could scream, the creature did something unexpected. It smiled. - At last you have found me! - it whispered joyfully. It wasn't a monster. It was... a small, shaggy creature with big ears and a tail that wagged like a puppy's. - You're lost to me somewhere! - it said. I was lost? Me, what was that about! And before I had time to ask anything, the creature grabbed my hand and pulled me under the bed.