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Frankenstein's monster

Okay, so imagine someone named Frankenstein who is really smart and knows a lot about science. He wanted to create a person all on his own using parts from different dead bodies. So he used his smarts and made a monster that he hoped would be nice and smart, like a normal person.

But when the monster came to life, it didn't look like a normal person and it was really scared and confused. It didn't know how to speak or act like a normal person because it was made from different body parts. It was also really upset that no one wanted to be friends with it because of how it looked.

So the monster gets really angry and hurt, and starts doing some bad things because it's just so upset and doesn't know how to deal with its feelings. Frankenstein realizes that he made a mistake and is scared of the monster he created.

That's basically the story of Frankenstein's Monster. It's a scary story about a man who made a strange and scary creature, but it's also kind of sad because the creature just wanted to be loved and accepted like everyone else.
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