The Monster Behind The Glass

In a village, there lived a monster behind the glass. No one dared approach it. It was said that whoever went near would be devoured.

“I want to see the monster!” said a youth to his friends.

“There is no monster,” they laughed.

But he believed otherwise.

“I want to see the monster!” he told a wealthy, contented man.

The man chuckled. “Ha! Ha! There is no monster.”

“I want to see the monster!” he told his teacher.

The teacher thought for a moment. “Go into the deepness of the forest, and there you will find the glass behind which lives the monster...”

So the boy went to the glass.

“Monster! Monster! Are you there?” he called.

Silence.

“Monster! I know you exist, show yourself!”

A sudden gleam struck his eyes. It was the glass, and behind it stood the monster.

They spoke. The boy asked,

“Why do you kill? Why do you hate? Why are you not happy?”

The monster answered,

“Because no one accepts me…”

“If I do,” the boy asked, “will you stop?”

“Yes, for you.”

But as night began to fall, the boy recalled his teacher’s warning:

"Do not linger with the monster when darkness rises."

Still, he stayed. And stayed.

Until only the monster walked away.