The monster was talking to the girls in the painting .It was living in the fixture which made Mikey scared to go to sleep .None of the above choices .The monster might enter the body of one of his parents .
What was the monster doing that kept Mikey up at night ?
I went to bed each night with the sheets pulled high above my head , and the sweat of fear mingled with the sweat of poor ventilation . My parents , thinking I was cold , added more blankets to the bed . I was too scared to tell them of the painting , but I ca n't remember why . Maybe I knew it was silly , maybe I did n't want the girls in the painting to know I was on to their hijinks . So when I first saw Mikey several weeks ago covered in sweat with the sheet wrapped around his head , I knew the monster he insists lives inside of the ceiling light was keeping him up at night .