describes some fears that people experience, especially children. Many children have night-time fears such as shadows on their walls and strange noises. After each of the many fears mentioned is the verse, "life doesn't frighten me at all." The author mentions the barking of bad dogs, lions, dragons, tough guy, new classrooms, snakes, and many things that creep into children's minds to frighten them. The last page repeats the line of the poem-"life doesn't frighten me at all.