While walking home from school, a young boy experiences many scary things, both imaginary and real, and looks forward to being safe and snug at home with his parents.
A young boy enlists his friend in an attempt to scare his younger sister as they explore their grandmother's attic but the plan backfires in an unexpected way.
All the animals are alarmed because Gabriel Groundhog, quivering in fear of shadows, refuses to come out of his burrow on Groundhog Day to signal the end of winter.
While sneaking to the kitchen at midnight to get the last piece of Super Yellow Cake with Fudge Frosting, young Patsy is frightened by a series of household objects and sounds made monstrous by her imagination.
A boy lying in bed at night has fun scaring himself by imagining the noises he hears are coming from the Flat Man, who is creeping up to get in bed with him.
