Sophie's Monster

“By your own words there was a monster under your family’s dinner table and not only did nobody else notice it, but you fed it broccoli?” She shrugged. “I, uh, I didn’t imagine them to be a picky monster, I guess,” she said. “I understand how it sounds, but it’s how I got rid of food for years. I even still do it, sometimes, to give my monster a little treat.”