The prompt is to write about something or someone that haunts you and then change haunt to hunt.
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They told him a story about a monster with five legs and three eyes,
A monster that lurks under beds and haunts (hunts) little boy dreams.
They told how the monster demanded a child as sacrifice,
And how it haunted (hunted) with howling and screams.
The listed each brave young person who was willing to fight,
And who fought to the death and changed into a ghost,
They listed each princess, each servant, each knight,
And debated which ghost might then haunt (hunt) him the most.
Finally the boy stayed awake one long night
And waited until all the adults fell to slumber
Then he hoisted his torch and with a searching spotlight
Crawled to the bed and then slowly crawled under . . .
Next morning the adults found the bed empty
No sign of the boy, shook their heads with regret
And said he must have been tempted,
That's another one lost to a fairytale pet.
And a long way away, in another land,
All the lost children danced, hand in hand.
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