I slumber bound tight in linen inside a spooky ancient tomb, yet across the playground, little toddlers cry my exact name whenever they need their mothers. What Halloween monster am I?
A mummy
Plays on 'mummy' (the preserved corpse wrapped in cloth) and 'mummy' (a child's term for mother).
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