Here's a draft of how the story could begin: The Danmark family was having fun in the living room. Dad was sitting in his favorite chair with the newspaper, Mie was reading a book on the couch, Ole was building an impressive tower of LEGOs on the floor, and Søs was giggling on the phone with a friend. At least four-year-old Luna was sitting in her own little corner with her favorite teddy bear, Mr. Rabbit, close by. But there was something strange about Luna tonight. She kept looking nervously around the living room, and her eyes were big and a little scared. Suddenly Luna jumped up from her seat and ran to Mie and hid behind her. "Mom! Mom! There's someone under my bed!" she whispered in a voice that was barely audible. Mie looked at her youngest daughter in surprise. "Under your bed, honey? What do you mean?" Luna clung closer to Mie. "Yes! I saw him on TV! The creepy boy!" Her little hands grabbed Mie's shirt. "He's crawling around in there!" Dad lowered the newspaper and looked at them curiously. "A creepy boy? Which boy?" "The one from that... that movie!" Luna's eyes widened even more at the thought. "The one… Gage!" Mie exchanged a quick glance with Dad. They knew exactly which movie Luna meant. The night before, they had seen a short clip from an old horror movie while flipping through the channels, and even though they had quickly changed channels, Luna had clearly seen enough to be affected. The little boy, Gage, from Pet Sematary, had apparently been moving under Luna's bed in her imagination. Ole stopped building his LEGO tower and listened with interest. Søs had also stopped talking on the phone and was looking curiously at her little sister. "Honey, there's no scary boy under your bed," Mie said calmly, squatting down in front of Luna. "It was just a movie. It's not real." But Luna shook her head with big, serious eyes. "Yes! I saw him! He was looking at me!" What do you think of this start? Should we keep seeing how the Danmark family deals with Luna's fear? Maybe Ole and Mie
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