Can you recommend some scary but funny bedtime stories?

Another good one is 'The Witch's Prank'. A witch decides to play pranks on a village. She turns the mayor's hat into a frog that croaks non - stop. The villagers are scared at first, but then they realize it's just a silly prank and start to laugh. It has elements of scariness as the witch has all these spooky powers, but the pranks she plays are quite funny.

Sure. 'The Little Red Hen' is a great one. It's about a hard - working hen who asks other animals for help in growing wheat, making bread, but they all refuse. In the end, she enjoys the bread all by herself. It's a simple story with a good moral.

One short scary bedtime story is 'The Red Room'. A young man decides to spend the night in a supposedly haunted red room in an old castle. As the night progresses, he starts to feel an unexplainable sense of dread. Strange noises echo through the room, and he sees fleeting shadows. In the end, his own fear seems to consume him, leaving the reader with a sense of unease.

Sure. There's 'The Black Cat' also by Poe. In this story, the narrator's perverse behavior towards his cat leads to a series of macabre events. 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson is quite disturbing. It takes place in a small town where an annual lottery is held, and the winner is stoned to death. Then there's 'Carmilla', a vampire story where a young girl is haunted by a female vampire.

A long scary bedtime story is 'The Call of Cthulhu' by H.P. Lovecraft. It involves a cult, an ancient and terrifying creature, and the psychological horror of the unknown. The very idea of Cthulhu, a being so powerful and alien that it drives people mad just to know of its existence, is very scary. There's also 'Carmilla', which is an early vampire story about a female vampire who preys on a young girl. It has a very eerie atmosphere.

One 'not so scary bedtime story' could be 'The Little Red Hen'. It's about a hen who asks for help to plant wheat but no one assists her until it's time to eat the bread made from the wheat. It has a simple moral and a gentle plot.

Sure. 'The Golem' is a well - known scary German story. It's about a creature made of clay that is brought to life. In some versions, it goes out of control and causes chaos. Also, there are stories related to the Grimm Brothers which have their share of spooky tales. For example, 'Hansel and Gretel' has elements of horror as the children are trapped by a witch in the forest.

One quick scary bedtime story is 'The Red Room'. A young man is so confident that he can stay in a supposedly haunted red room all night. As the night falls, he starts to hear strange noises, see shadowy figures, and feel an unexplainable cold. It makes you shiver as he realizes there are things that go bump in the night.

A short and scary bedtime story could be 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family is given a monkey's paw that has the power to grant three wishes. Their first wish is for money. They get the money but it comes at a great cost as their son is killed in a work - related accident. Their second wish is to bring their son back to life, but when there is a knocking at the door, they realize that the son might not come back in the same state. Fearing the unknown, they use their third wish to send whatever is at the door away.

Yes. Consider a story about a family of squirrels. One of the baby squirrels is always getting into mischief. One night, he decides to build a 'super nest' all by himself in the highest tree branch. But as he gathers materials, things keep going wrong in a hilarious way. Leaves fall on his head, twigs snap back and hit him. Another story could be about a star that falls from the sky into a little girl's garden. The star is very grumpy at first but then the girl shows it all the beautiful things on Earth and it becomes a friendly bedtime story of an unlikely friendship.