Pick Me Up!

ONE-EYED WONDER

Snuggling up in front of the TV, I couldn’t wait for the film to start.

With my younger sister Millie, now 13, cuddled up beside me, we waited for our mum Gillian, 43, to press play.

With me then being 11 years old, she knew that just like any other child, I’d love Monsters Inc. just as much as Millie.

Packed full of animated characters and silly jokes, we would cackle with laughter.

And that we did, until a certain green-eyed monster appeared on-screen.

‘Oh look! That’s your twin!’ Millie exclaimed, pointingthe one-eyed green alien named Mike Wazowski.

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