Monster mad! By Lisa Logan
Who or what is your favorite monster? Do you know how the stories of monsters got started? Let's take a look... Werewolves
Werewolves are fictional (not real) creatures. They are hairy with dog faces and fang-like teeth. The werewolf legend says a person changes into a werewolf at night when there is a full moon. Don’t let a werewolf bite you, or you will turn into a werewolf, too! The werewolf legend may come from the true 1725 German story of “Peter the Wild Boy." He was found wandering in the forest and could not speak. Many people believed that Peter was raised by wolves. Jack O’Lantern
The jack-o’-lantern comes from the Irish folktale of “Stingy Jack,” a man who tricked the Devil. When Stingy Jack died, the Devil sent him away with only a burning coal to light the way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and roamed the Earth for eternity. At first, he was known as “Jack of the Lantern,” and then he became “Jack O’Lantern.” People began carving out scary faces on turnips and potatoes. Immigrants from Ireland and Scotland brought this Halloween tradition to America many years ago and found that pumpkins made great Jack O' Lanterns!
