It's alive! Frankenstein episode 2

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Frankenstein: episode two. Scientist Viktor Frankenstein's Creature comes to life.
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Hello, I'm scientist Viktor Frankenstein. I've just been rescued here in the Arctic Circle.
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I feel weak, but I have to continue my story and warn all of you about the dangers of science.  
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At university in Germany all I wanted to do was to try and create life. I studied anatomy  
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in my laboratory and spent days and nights in morgues and cemeteries collecting body parts... 
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Oi there! I'm the night guard 'ere.  This is my cemetery. Who are you? 
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Who, me?
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Yeah. If I ask the others round here  
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they aren't going to answer, are they? They're in their coffins, being eaten up by the little worms.  
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They've been worm supper for a long time!
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The worms. Eyes, brain, so wonderful,  so perfect, being eaten by worms...
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Well, they're doing their business down  
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there alright, but what business do you have here? And what's this big bag you're carrying? 
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Oh... nothing... these are my things...  my scientific... I'm leaving now... 
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Don't come back here! What does he  want with dead people? The dead are  
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dead and that's the end of it, I say.
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Stupid man! Or was I the stupid one,  
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the selfish one? I collected bones and  flesh. I used bigger pieces because they  
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were easier to work on and made me go faster. The creature was about two point four metres tall. It was  
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ready on that rainy night in November...
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It's all here now. Finally! Finally!  I've waited for this moment for a long time. Actually, I've worked on this since  
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I came to Germany two years ago. Oh...  let me check these wires... they go to  
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the roof... I'll use electricity. Yes, that  Italian scientist, Galvani... that article  
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I read... he made a dead frog jump using  the power of electricity, but I, Viktor  
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Frankenstein, will make a man rise from the dead! Oh... the arms are moving... the legs... the eyes  
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are open... oh these yellow eyes... they are... They are... they are horrible! The skin is very  
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pale... you can see through it. His  hair is dark and his teeth are white,  
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but his eyes are yellow and these black lips! What a horrible creature! I've created a monster! 
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No! No! Keep away from me, horrible creature!! I must escape! 
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I ran! Oh how I ran! I spent the rest  of the night walking in the rain. Then,  
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in the morning, I heard a voice I recognised.
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Hey Viktor! Viktor! I haven't seen you for so long!
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Don't you recognise me any more? It's Henry!
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Henry? Oh, of course, my dear friend!
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I didn't expect to see you here!
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Good Lord, you look terrible!
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So thin and pale! It's good I'm here now. Your family back in Geneva is very worried.
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They haven't heard from you for a while.
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Yes, I... I've been busy.
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Never fear, Henry is here! I'm taking you home.
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Home?
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Yes, your home, here in Germany, where you study.
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But... the monster... 
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What?
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Oh, nothing.
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I didn't want to tell him about the Creature. But what if it was still there? Well, it wasn't, after all.
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But I knew what I had done and I was worried. I felt ill. I had a fever. Henry took care of me.
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Things were going back to normal when a letter from my father brought terrible news.  
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I had to go back to Geneva immediately.  That's what I'm going to tell you next.
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