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Most small children are [scary / afraid] of the dark and can have nightmares in bed. They are scared of noises [in / at] night, or are frightened of imaginary monsters in their bedroom. For one little girl in the USA, the monster turned [out / in] to be real. Three-year-old Saylor spent months telling her parents that there were "monsters in the wall" of her bedroom. Saylor's parents [thoughtless / thought] the "monsters" came from their daughter's overactive [imagine / imagination] . Saylor's mother said the little girl had just [seen / saw] the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc. She thought that was the reason Saylor was [seeing / seen] monsters. However, Saylor's parents were [shocking / shocked] when they found out there was [something / anything] behind their daughter's bedroom wall. [They / There] were 60,000 bees.

After the mother [found / fund] the bees, she called a beekeeper. The beekeeper [said / called] the insects were honeybees. These are a [protected / protection] species in the USA, so they could not be [dead / killed] . The beekeeper used [a / the] thermal camera to see the heat patterns behind the wall. He said he had never seen [so / such] many bees in a house. He drilled a [whole / hole] in the bedroom wall and hundreds of the creatures flew out. The mother said: "They just came [pouring / poured] out like a horror movie." The beekeeper has removed about 45 kg of honeycomb. The beekeeper captured the bees and put them in special boxes. They are now living in [safely / safety] on a honeybee sanctuary. The bees caused more than $20,000 [in / at] damages to the house.

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