The monster must go!

Summary


"The Monster Must Go!" is a hilarious short story for children about a kid determined to drive out a monstrous new arrival who eats all day, roars all night, and is noisy, grumpy, and extremely drooly. Scaring it off fails. Trapping it fails. Even sending it to the moon backfires spectacularly. But just when things seem hopeless and the monster finally pounces, the young narrator makes a surprising discovery that flips everything on its head.


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There is a MONSTER in our house.

It wasn’t ALWAYS here.

One day, it just TURNED UP.

The monster EATS all day and ROARS all night.

The monster is…

NOISY
GRUMPY
DIRTY
SMELLY
DROOLY
STICKY

The monster must GO!

I tried SCARING it off.

But the monster just LAUGHED.

HA-HA! HA-HA!

I tried TRAPPING it.

But the monster was too CUNNING.

I even tried sending it to the MOON.

But that just made it ANGRY.

It’s TOO LATE!

The monster’s GOT ME!

OH!

Well…
Maybe the monster isn’t SO bad.


Credits

Originally published by Book Dash under a Creative Commons Licensed BY 4.0. This book can be read for free on https://bookdash.org/books/the-monster-must-go! and was created by: Katinka Joubert (Designer), Nicola Anne Smith (Illustrator), Murray Hunter (Writer), Ester Levinrad (Editor) Book Dash logo