Me: That's a terrible thing to make-believe! Why would I make-believe that? You should imagine happy things under your bed.
S: Like I should make-believe that Daniel Tiger is sleeping under my bed?
Me: Yes! Or that there are puppies and kittens.
S: But puppies and kittens aren't make-believe. They're real!
Me: Yes, but you can pretend that they're in your room.
S: Yes!...
(She slept soundly until four in the morning when she woke up screaming....I guess we'll need to declaw those pretend puppies and kittens...)
