[ WP ] You form a pact with the monster in your closet to work together in order to get rid of your terrible roommate .

Mommy was crying again. I walked into Matty ’ s room. Matty was in his crib crying, too, but that was okay because he always cries. Mommy was in the chair and I went up to her and hugged her leg. 
 
 “ Mommy, don ’ t cry, ” I said. I climbed into her lap and she hugged me, but she didn ’ t stop crying. “ I love you, ” I said. She hugged me tighter, so I patted her back. 
 
 “ Do you want some water? ” I asked. Because that ’ s what you do when people cry. 
 
 “ No, ” she said. “ It ’ s okay. ” Then she laughed and hugged me more and stopped crying. 
 
 “ I ’ m good because I helped you feel better, right? ” 
 
 “ Yes, you are a very good boy. ” 
 
 “ Matty is bad because he made you cry again. ” 
 
 “ No, ” she said. “ Matty is a baby. He cries because he has colic. He can ’ t help it. ” She picked me up and carried me out of the room. 
 
 “ Why can ’ t he help it? ” 
 
 “ Because he ’ s just a baby. ” 
 
 “ When I was a baby, did I cry that much? ” 
 
 Mommy smiled. “ No, ” she said. “ You were a very sweet baby. ” She pressed her nose to my nose and sniffed. I gave her a great big hug. Then she put me down and I went to play trains. 
 
 Daddy didn ’ t come home until late. I was in bed. I am very sneaky. I can pretend to be asleep and fool everybody. Matty was crying again, and I heard Mommy say “ I don ’ t know if I can do this any more. ” Then she started crying again, too. 
 
 I knew I had to be brave. I went out of the bed and to the closet. Then I took a deep breath. I opened the door slowly, because I was scared. 
 
 “ Mumpo, ” I said. I whispered because it was night-time and I ’ m not allowed to make a lot of noise at night0time, but also because I was being sneaky. “ Come out I know you ’ re in there. ” 
 
 Mumpo made a scary bump noise, but he didn ’ t come out. 
 
 “ Mumpo, please. ” 
 
 Mumpo has eyes he carries around with him. He can throw them if he wants to see far. He rolled one outside the closet to look at me. It went squish. 
 
 “ Mumpo, I need you to take Matty away, ” I said. “ Far away, so mommy won ’ t cry any more. Take him away and make him be quiet. ” 
 
 Mumpo ’ s eye looked at me. It blinked. From the back of the closet, I heard him say: “ Yes. ” 
 
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