Teddy's Night Shift
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Every night when Mia fell asleep, her teddy bear Mr. Buttons opened one button eye, then the other.
'All clear,' he whispered.
The night shift had begun.
First, he checked under the bed. 'No monsters today. Good.' Then the closet. 'Just shoes and one confused sock. Carry on.'
He waddled to the window and saluted the moon. 'Officer Buttons reporting for duty. One child, sleeping soundly. No bad dreams detected.'
The moon winked back. She always did.
At 2 AM, Mia stirred. A bad dream was trying to sneak in โ Mr. Buttons could see it, a grey wispy thing shaped like a test paper.
'Oh no you don't.' He grabbed his tiny pillow sword and โ POOF โ turned the bad dream into a dream about puppies riding bicycles.
Mia smiled in her sleep.
At 5 AM, the first sunbeam crept through the curtain. Mr. Buttons yawned, waddled back to his spot on the pillow, closed both button eyes, and became a regular teddy bear again.
When Mia woke up, she hugged him tight. 'I had the best dream, Mr. Buttons. Puppies on bicycles!'
Mr. Buttons said nothing. But if you looked very carefully, one button eye winked.