Oh creepy. I like your italicised noises, they remind me of when noises are written in children’s books, whereas stuffy novels prefer to just describe what it sounds like…
I much prefer it this way!
A really nice entry to the challenge – boy, this kids imagine is running away with him… MH :)
Definitely worked for me. It had that scary feel but without going so overboard that it couldn’t be something innocuous, despite the narrator’s dark imaginings.