Kiti and the Night (Part 2)

Part two, which is also the Halloween one. Kiti faces what frightened her, but not alone: she does it hand in hand with the other Amigurumis, and that is the difference between this story and most stories about overcoming a fear. There is no moment where she suddenly becomes brave. There are friends beside her, and the fear gets smaller because it is shared. For a child going through the same thing, that version is more believable and easier to copy than the hero who stopped being afraid.

What this piece works on

• •Asking for help, and that asking is not the opposite of being brave.
• •That a shared fear weighs less than one kept to yourself.
• •Halloween as a game with fright, inside a safe frame.