th, o dark benea ls a ’s it , d e b e over th erneath. When is night a shortcut und h it w s d rl o w are two in bed, In fact, there cking her son tu r e th o m a re’s ad. In one side the chatting inste re a rs e st n o m er two while in the oth
“Time to sleep! t things! Time to dream with pleasan what a nightmare brings. Take your mind away from you ever feel afraid, Remember little one, that if p into my bed”. you can always go and jum
“Mom wait!, before you go… Would you tell me about the monsters? is scary I know what you said, is true but in order to draw them, to know is necessary.”
“Grandma! Is the rumor rig ht or is it wrong? Did humans and monsters ge t ever along? They say we were friend in a time before but now we live here with co lors no more”. “Everything is dark and gra y from a certain time when humans considered to be different a crime.
And what happened after… well the version vary, but there’s is not way back, they think we’re scary”.
you I will tell t, “Alright! you wan t a h w is if this l ghost wil o n t a h t w Just kno to haunt ome here c e at you ar ht; I trust th as a knig e v a r b s a re I go but befo ave I’ll just le
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on the ligh
s re human e h w id h “We y us creep d n fi ’t n o d e they go r e h w t h is rig y; e sleep r a y e h t when re they sno e il h w d ises) an f their no o e m a n e (that’s th et re in secr e h e v li e w ses”. their no r e d n u t righ
h! such a terrible beast, “The monsters are ugly…. ug and with them make a feast They like to scare children shapened claws, On their fingers you can see toys in their jaws. that they use to hide your
eeze make you sn to st u d in d re . They are cove et will squeeze fe r u o y p e e sl are a ugly eye; and while you of their third d u ro p s y a d bye”. They walk alw r the kiss goo fo y t a e w s all and leave you
“They hav e ten fin gers! And and a wet sometime tongue lik s even mo e y o re, u haven’t When it c s e en before omes to t ; he body t but freck here’s alm les and m o st no ha oles you w ir ill find eve rywhere,
yes ly two e n o , s e Besid e! the fac e t a g r o dec offsprin n a y l certain . They’re isgrace d ’s e r u of nat und alk aro w s , y a w l clothes e… They a y l g u g tyl wearin t that s o g y e h here t . From w knows” y d o b o n
so scared he wants to cry, After that story, the child is so he can say goodnight; but he put on a brave face from the belly to the nose Then, he starts the monster from his head to his toes. doodling timidly the details
atch, perience c x e e m o s lt and tch. be an adu o t t must sna n a u o w y u o w y o h e. f I “ e with eas man some n u o h d a e b m t o s r f and mu One sock sterhood n o ell m e h t of h they sm g u o h t n Is the test e phy ev or us a tro f e r a s k c So
se”.
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are still far t shor oo y oun t and but g to b if yo e all u go owe it wo d uld m t the au dac ake gran ity dma your If yo prou u wa d n t to you t ake shal th l wa just i t no m e try, like your ore. and gran his f dfat athe her r did befo re”.
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The light was o
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and the child w as awake, at once he rea lized it was all a mis take.
He tried to escap e taking his steps ba ck But he slips on a to y that releases a loud
“Quack!”
The child was sca red, shivering like jello , but he still felt com passion for his fall en fellow. He didn’t like to see the poor thing suff er so timidly got close and his hand dare to offer.
“You’re not as scar y as mama described”. “Same here human
brood” –the monster replie d.
The monster noticed somet
hing
the child had in his hands, and he laughed at the dr awing after he had a quick glance Many differences betwee n them they found here and there, but also similarities like the color of their hair.
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lay a p d n a hat ar They c was ne n w a d he smos until t the co about eal; talking little m a d a en h and ev
also his so ck the chil d gave to th e monste r away, a symbol of new fr iendship that won’t easily fra y.
e world
learn about th lored. place unexp The monste e th e ib r c e bed, easy to des land under th e but it wasn’t th t u o b a us ing instead. d was curio dly to r wanted ba
a draw Also the chil rds but with o w h it w t o n own and to be sh
was t of sunrise it n e m o m e th At oodbye, time to say g ings d at the draw so they looke hining bright. s s r lo o c s it and
Among those lin es they saw two w orlds merging in to one, they were still d ifferent but to each othe r fear was none .
¿Have you ever lost a sock? Maybe a monster have been taking them. Every story has two sides and “an odd pair” is not the exception. This is the story of a little monster and a child that become friends while discovering that curiosity is more natural in us than prejudices.