The milk of human kindness: Frankenstein episode 5

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Frankenstein, episode five. The Creature finds a loving family.
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Hello,  
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I'm... Viktor Frankenstein's Creature. Here we are, in my hut on the mountains. I'm  
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happy to tell you and Viktor Frankenstein my story. How I learnt about the day, the night,  
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the hunger, thirst, cold... And I learnt how to live with all this the hard way.  
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Imagine that I tried to touch fire?! How silly of me. Of course I was burnt. But I saw good things  
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too. These little creatures which made pleasant sounds. Yes, the birds. I tried to sound like them  
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but nothing came out of my mouth! And I saw people. I've never learnt how to behave with you  
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humans. I was surprised when people who saw me ran away. In the villages, some men wanted to hurt me.
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So do you all  
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have things you can use as weapons with you?
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Yes!
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I have a few stones that I can throw at the monster. I'm a good shot!
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Go home, boy. The monster could be dangerous. It was seen trying  to get into the house near the central square. 
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Shall we go and look for it? This time  we might get lucky, catch it and kill it! 
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Kill it! Kill the monster!
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Let's go then. We can start near the vegetable garden where he was seen last time. Let's go!
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All these people seemed angry with me... Why?
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I escaped to the open country and hid in a hut. That was where I was when I watched  
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a family in a nearby house. I heard they  were called the De Laceys. I was careful  
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not to allow them to see me. The boy, the girl and an old man looked poor but happy... 
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That's what we have for dinner today. Some carrots, potatoes, cheese, bread... just one egg.
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You like eggs, dad. This one is for you.
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You're very generous, dear daughter. But you should have this egg.
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Maybe we should give it to my brother then.  
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He's been working hard and he needs more food. 
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Thank you, sister. I'll try to work harder so that we can have more eggs to eat.
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I'm very grateful, son. A blind man's  life isn't easy... The light in my life is the love of my children. 
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They were so kind to one another... I wanted to be part of their family. I learned to speak by  
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listening to them in hiding. I discovered books lost in the forest and learned how to read. And  
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at that time I finally found out why people ran away from me. I saw my own face in a pond and...  
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I'm really ugly! I didn't want to frighten this family. I had to find a way to talk to them.
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I thought about the father. He was blind and so he wouldn't see me. One day, using all my courage,  
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I knocked at the door... Who's there? Come in. 
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Please excuse me, Sir. I've been travelling and I was wondering if I could rest here for a while. 
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Sure. I can't see and my children, who take care of me, are not here at the moment,  
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or I'd offer you some food.  
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Do not worry yourself, 
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kind man. I'm looking for some friends and I fear these good people won't accept me. 
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That's sad. But if these friends are good people, can't you persuade them to accept you? 
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I plan to start doing it now. But they believe that I want to harm them… 
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You sound honest. I can try and help you. Who are your friends? 
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Oh, Sir. You are the first person who has been kind to me! 
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Just a minute... I can hear my children coming.
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Oh, no! They'll see me! Please, take care of me good man! You and your family are the friends I want! 
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Are we? Who are you?
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The door opened and there they were - the old  
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man's two children. Did they kiss me? Did they run away? That's what I'm going to tell you next time.
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