The Stein family lived in the pretty pink house with lovely purple shutters down the end of Daffodil Street.
Everything about the house was bright and cheery.
Everything, that is, except the upstairs bedroom with the tiny round window.
That room belonged to Franny K. Stein, and she liked to keep it dark, and spooky, and creepy.
Every few days her mother would come in and redecorate Franny's bedroom with daisies, and lilacs and pictures of lovely unicorns. It would always look so sweet
And pretty.
But by the very next day, Franny would somehow manage to make it look dark, creepy, and spooky again.
That was how she liked it. With giant spiders and bats.
"Bats! Where does she get bats?" Her mother would ask when she say Franny's room. "Is there a bag store around here or something?"
Of course there wasn't a bag store. The bats just kept showing up. The bats liked Franny's room. And she liked them back.
"They're like rats with pterodactyl wings," she'd say. "What's not to like?"
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Franny K. Stein Lunch Walks Among Us
Fantasy"This is both smart and snorkeling-worthy." -bulletin of the center for children's books. By Jim Benton. I do not own this story I simply display
