A Nameless Monster

A creepy fairy tale I like from Monster

Once upon a time, there lived a nameless
monster.

The monster was dying to have a name.
So he decided to set out on a journey to find his name. But the world was a
large place. So the monster split into two on his journey.
One went to the East, and the other went to the West.

The monster that went east came to a
village.
"Mr. Blacksmith, please give me
your name."
"You can't give someone a
name."
"If you give me your name, I'll jump
into your stomach and make you strong in return."
"Really? You'll make me stronger? Okay, you can have my
name."
And the monster jumped into the
blacksmith's mouth.
Then monster became the
Otto the blacksmith. Otto was the strongest man in town. But one day,
"Look at me, look at me, the monster inside me has
grown this large."
"Chomp chomp. Munch
Munch, Gobble Gobble GULP."
The hungry
monster ate Otto from the inside.
He went
back to being a monster with no name.

He jumped into the stomach of Hans the shoe-maker,
but,
"Chomp chomp. Munch Munch, Gobble
Gobble GULP."
He went back to being a
monster without a name.

He jumped into the stomach
of Thomas the hunter, but,
"Chomp chomp.
Munch Munch, Gobble Gobble GULP."
And once
again he was a monster without a name.

The monster went to the
castle to look for a wonderful name.
"If you
give me your name, I'll make you strong.”
”If you'll heal my sickness, I'll give you my name."
The monster jumped into the boy's stomach. The boy
became very healthy.
The king was
delighted.
"The prince is well! The prince
is well!"

The monster liked the boy's
name.
He liked living in the castle. So even
when he was hungry, he stayed put.
Everyday
he was so hungry, but he stayed put.
But one
day, he was just too hungry.

"Look at
me, look at me, the monster inside me has grown this big."
The boy ate the king and all the servants.
"Chomp chomp. Munch Munch, Gobble Gobble GULP."

One day, the boy met the monster who went
west.
"I have a name. It's a wonderful
name."
The monster who went west
said,
“You don’t need a name. You can be
happy without a name.”
“Because we are
nameless monsters.”
The boy ate the monster
who went west.

Even though he had finally found a
name, there was no one around to call him by it.

“Johan was such a wonderful name…"