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Hello, my name's Tim.
Today's story is a little scary and involves a scientist who makes a monster that he can't control.
Any ideas what this story might be?
Let's find out.
The man in this story is called Victor Frankenstein.
As a boy, he loved science and went on to study it at university.
He has made a name for himself by doing impressive experiments.
But his biggest idea is to bring a dead body to life.
Using a mixture of chemistry, alchemy and electricity.
He finally succeeds and a creature, a monster, rises from the dead.
But the consequences of creating such a creature make life very hard for Victor.
His initial success turns to guilt and he starts to worry about who will look after this creature.
To make matters worse, he almost goes mad, and unable to deal with the situation, he runs away, leaving the monster to roam freely around the countryside.
Then Victor gets terrible news that his younger brother, William, has been murdered.
Nobody can catch the suspect, but Victor assumes that the murderer is his self created monster.
But he can't tell anyone, so he makes for the mountains to hide.
It's here that he meets the monster he's created.
The monster, who by now can read and understand language, confesses to the crime.
But he wants to tell Victor his life story.
The monster tells Victor he is lonely and being a strange looking creature, nobody accepts him.