0:00 The shadow on Leo’s wall had long, spindly arms.0:04 It wasn’t a quiet noise, like the midnight creak Maya heard in her room last week.0:12 This was a creature, right there on the wall, and it was… doing a wobbly little jig.0:20 One long arm went up, then the other.0:24 It swayed its hips.0:25 Leo pulled the blanket up to his nose.0:29 His heart went thump-thump-thump against his ribs.0:34 Monsters were NOT supposed to dance.0:37 Under the covers, the world was small and safe.0:42 But also… a little boring.0:44 And warm.0:45 Too warm.0:46 He peeked one eye over the edge of the blanket.0:51 The shadow was still there.0:53 It wiggled its fingers, which looked suspiciously like long, thin branches.1:00 Was it waving at him?1:02 It definitely was.1:04 Leo ducked back under.1:06 Okay.1:07 This was a problem.1:08 A dancing, waving shadow monster.1:12 You can’t just hide from that.1:14 You have to investigate.1:17 That’s what a brave explorer would do.1:20 Slowly, sooooo slowly, Leo pushed the blanket away.1:25 The air in the room was cool on his face.1:29 The floorboards were even cooler under his feet.1:34 One step.1:35 Two steps.1:36 He crept toward the wall where the monster was having its silent party.1:42 The closer he got, the bigger and fuzzier the shadow became.1:48 It didn’t look so scary up close.1:51 It just looked… blurry.1:54 Leo reached out a hand, his own shadow joining the dance on the wall.2:00 He touched the dancing shape.2:03 It was just… wall.2:05 Cold, flat, painted wall.2:07 He turned around.2:09 His eyes followed the beam of moonlight that was shining through his window.2:16 It was like a bright white road.2:19 A road that started at the moon, crossed his floor, and ended… right on his desk chair.2:27 And what was on his desk chair?2:30 A pile of things he’d left there before bed.2:35 A stack of three library books.2:38 And sitting right on top of the books… was his baseball glove.2:44 Its fingers were sticking up in the air.2:47 The moonlight hit the glove, and THERE was the monster.2:53 The dancing?2:54 Leo looked out the window.2:56 The big oak tree in the yard was swaying gently in the breeze, making the moonlight flicker.3:05 It wasn’t a monster doing a jig.3:08 It was a tree, dancing with his baseball glove.3:13 Leo laughed.3:14 He walked over to the chair and picked up the glove.3:19 On the wall, the monster waved a frantic goodbye and vanished.3:25 He put his toy Tyrannosaurus Rex in the beam of light instead.3:31 Now, a giant, friendly dinosaur loomed on the wall, its tiny arms looking very unscary.3:39 He was the director of his own shadow puppet show.3:44 Leo climbed back into bed, leaving the T-Rex on guard.3:49 The room wasn’t haunted.3:51 It was a movie theater.3:54 And he was in charge of what was playing.
