Kenzie: Mom, you have to listen to me very carefully. There's a monster outside. I'm going to open the front door and tell him to go away.

Me: Okay, but do it through the window. Don't open the front door.

Kenzie: Why?

Me: Because I don't want you to open the front door.

[She leaves.]

Kenzie to the window: Monster, go away. [pause] Mom. He's still there.