reddit：茱莉亞是個聰明的女孩
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Julia Was a Clever Girl
茱莉亞是個聰明的女孩
Julia knew she was smart. She was one of those clever children, the kind of child who figures out early on that parents aren’t all-powerful and all-knowing.
茱莉亞知道她很聰明。她是個聰明的孩子，很早就知道父母並不是全能和什麼都知道。
The first time she realized this was when she got scared. There had been a noise in her room, coming from under her bed, or from the closet.
第一次意識到這回事是在她受驚的時候，她的房間裡有聲音，是床底或壁櫥傳出的。
Julia ran down the hall, crying, “Mommy! Daddy!”
茱莉亞跑到大廳，哭喊著：「媽媽！爸爸！」
“What’s wrong, honey?”
「什麼事，親愛的？」
“I huh-heard a m-monster,” Julia glubbed.
「我聽、聽到有怪、怪物的聲音。」茱莉亞失神。
She expected them to comfort her, or roll their eyes, or get annoyed. Instead, they jumped up immediately and raced to her bedroom, where they checked under the bed, inspected the closet, and tested the window lock. They poked, prodded, and scoured every inch.
她預計他們會安慰她，瞳孔震動或覺得煩燥。但是他們立即起來衝到她房間，檢查床底和壁櫥，還有測試窗戶的鎖。他們徹底檢查房間裡的每一分每一吋。
Julia caught on quickly. She knew what they were doing. By taking her fears seriously, they were showing their little girl that she was safe and loved. They had probably read about it in some book.
茱莉亞很快就知道他們在做什麼。他們認真對待她的恐懼，讓自己的小女孩知道她是安全與被愛的，他們大概在一些書本中讀過。
But the lesson Julia learned was that she had power. Thereafter, waking her parents became a nightly event. Julia would scream and cry, they would rush to her bedroom, and Julia would hide her grin behind tears. But not once did they ever complain.
但茱莉亞學到的是她有一種能力。之後，她每晚都會叫醒父母。茱莉亞尖叫和大哭時，他們會衝入她的睡房，茱莉亞的眼淚背後藏著她的笑容，可是他們從沒抱怨過一次。
One night she could stand it no longer, and she burst out laughing when Daddy fell down while examining the light fixture, as if a monster could fit up there.
在一個晚上，當爸爸在檢查電燈，就像真的有怪物藏起來的時候，她再也忍不住，突然笑出來。
“What’s so funny?” he asked, rubbing her backside.
「有什麼好笑的？」爸爸問和撫摸她的背。
“You,” Julia smirked. “You always believe me.”
「你，」茱莉亞笑著，「你一直都相信我。」
Daddy wasn’t angry. He just looked at Mommy.
爸爸沒有生氣，他只望著媽媽。
“Once,” he said quietly, “just once, we didn’t believe your brother.”
「一次」他小聲地說，「只有一次，我們沒有相信你的哥哥。」
And Julia, an only child, did not sleep well that night.
之後，茱莉亞，唯一的孩子，那個晚上睡不好。
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这真的不是感人故事吗。。。
不太懂的感觉
很簡單而言，就是這自以為很聰明的小屁孩的哥哥就是被‘怪聲“所殺死的，所以最後就說是thr only child
靠北我笑尿了wwwwwww
我还以为是女吸血鬼卡米拉的剧情……那晚睡不好是因为听到爸爸说的话还是因为有东西搞她(搞这个词别想歪噢)
这篇不觉得很诡异，期待更多的作品。
细思极恐的故事吗
噫——
擦 恐怖故事。。。。
真他妈恐怖
我想到了两种可能性：
第一，仅仅一次没相信哥哥，哥哥就被床底下的怪物吃了
第二，仅仅因为一次没相信哥哥，哥哥就去自杀了
后怕。
感觉像是，怪物其实一直都在，只要它察觉孩子没有父母在保护（父母没有相信孩子而前来查看），就会出来杀死孩子，茱莉亚的哥哥就是这样死的。而失去了第一个孩子的父母则无论茱莉亚是不是在撒谎都认真查看，以确保茱莉亚的安全。
然后据此茱莉亚意识到房间里真的有怪物。
哇..大早晨看到背后一凉