Short Story: The Toilet Monster

Short Story: The Toilet Monster

Tyler had been told that if he wasn’t fast enough the toilet monster would gobble him up. His big brother Kyle said that the toilet monster slept during the day, but if he needed a wee during the night the toilet monster would get him, or at least bite his bottom off.

So for the last few months Tyler had been too scared to go to the bathroom at night time. But sometimes he needed to go so badly he ended up wetting the bed. Mum was very nice about it but Kyle called him a baby and told him mum would make him wear a nappy. But luckily Mum never did. One evening as mum was tucking them both into bed she asked Tyler why he couldn’t use the toilet at night.

“Because of the toilet monster of course!” Tyler was very surprised that mum didn’t know about this.

“The toilet monster? Who told you that?” Mum asked, taking a side look at Kyle who looked very sheepish.

“Yes, Kyle says it will bite my bottom off or even gobble me all up if I am not fast enough!”

“Now Tyler, there is no such thing as the toilet monster. Kyle has been very naughty and telling tales. The toilet is just the same at night as it is during the day.”

Kyle wasn’t sure about this as grown-ups were often wrong about such things. After all, they didn’t believe him about the crocodile that lived at the bottom of the garden or the shadow man who hid in the cracks of their bedroom wall. Kyle had seen these things for himself many times, but mum and dad never believed him. He heard Kyle whisper from his bed

“I’ll get you for telling! I will wake the toilet monster up during the day when you are having a poo and he will crunch you all up!”

Tyler pulled his Spiderman duvet over his head and hoped very much he was too quick for the monster.

When he woke up it was still dark and he caught the shadow man trying to hide behind the night-time lamp. He rather liked the shadow man as he could pull himself into interesting shapes and sizes but was very bad at hiding. Tyler realised that he really needed a wee but he tried to go back to sleep instead. He shut his eyes very tight and tried to tell himself a story in his head. But it didn’t work. He looked over to where Kyle was sleeping. Maybe if he was really quiet he could tip toe into the bathroom without waking either the monster or his brother up.

He slowly crept outside the room on tip toes. The hallway looked very strange in the dark, like it was a path to a magical world. The shadow man followed him down the hall and Tyler was glad to have someone with him – even though the man was a scaredy cat. Without turning on the light Tyler quickly used the toilet and ran out of the bathroom. He stopped halfway along the hall and looked back- but there was no toilet monster in sight! Maybe Mum was right after all. He couldn’t wait to tell Kyle how wrong he had been. Feeling very brave Tyler walked back towards the bathroom to flush the toilet. Mum would be cross otherwise. The shadow man was looking at him and Tyler thought he saw him shaking his head.

“It’s alright shadow man,” Tyler whispered to the wall “There is no such thing as the toilet monster, see!”

He turned on the bathroom light and went over to the chain and pulled. A huge roar came from inside the toilet bowl.

“Who is that?” a voice yelped.

Tyler was very frightened and ran out leaving the bathroom light on. He had just got to his bedroom door when he heard something crying – it was coming from the bathroom. Curious, Tyler crept along the hallway and the crying got softer and softer and eventually turned into little short sobs,

“Is someone there?” Tyler whispered

“Please don’t run away again, it makes me so sad,” the voice sniffed. Tyler moved a little closer to the bathroom and clutched the door frame. Poking out of the toilet bowl was two wet green ears that stuck up like horns on a little green head.

“Are you the toilet monster?” Tyler asked, rather scared that it was going to bite his bottom off if he got too close.

“Yes I am” it sighed “But I really wanted to be an under-the-bed monster, but I was too little. My real name is Bogg. What’s yours?”

“Er...my name is Tyler.” He whispered “Please don’t bite my bottom off”

“I don’t bite people’s bottoms – they would taste horrible!” Bogg said, now looking over the toilet seat with his little black eyes. He had little brown beard that was poking out in every direction and his wonky teeth had soggy paper stuck between the gaps. He was also very wet indeed.

“You mean you are not going to gobble me up?” Tyler moved closer, feeling braver.

“Of course not! I don’t eat people – yuk! But I love toilet paper, especially the blue kind.” Bogg pulled himself up and lent back against the seat. Tyler could see he was green all over and wore little brown pants that looked like a nappy.

“You eat toilet paper? That’s horrible!” Tyler laughed.

“What do you like to eat then?” Bogg asked, arms folded.

“I like peanut butter and chocolate eggs the best,” Tyler answered and Bogg pretended to be sick and they both laughed. “Why were you crying Bogg?”

Bogg became very sad and he told Tyler how lonely he was.

“Nobody ever stops to talk to Bogg, they just use my toilet and go away again. Oh I am ever so lonely” he started to cry again. Tyler passed him some toilet paper which Bogg ate happily. “Not bad, a little too dry though. Why did you run away?”

Tyler explained what Kyle had told him which made Bogg start to cry again.

“But I know now that was a huge fib Bogg.” Tyler smiled. “Would you like me to come visit you sometimes?”

Bogg blew his nose on some paper before eating it.

“Yes please! I would like that very much!” Bogg grinned a wonky smile.

“Well I better go back to bed.” Tyler turned to go but then had a most wonderful idea “Bogg, could you do me a favour...?”

The next morning as Tyler was lying in bed he heard Kyle sleepily make his way down the hall to the bathroom. Within a few moments Kyle came running out clutching his bottom and screaming.

“Mum!! The toilet monster has bitten me on the bottom! Mum!” he yelled as he ran into their parent’s bedroom.

Tyler heard his mum scold him.

“Now Kyle, stop trying to scare your little brother. There is no such thing as the toilet monster!”

Kyle chuckled under his covers. He would make sure mum bought some very nice blue toilet paper when they went shopping today!