ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Okay kiddo, have you heard of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? It's a story about a man named Dr. Jekyll, who is a good and kind person, but he has a dark side that he wants to keep hidden. So he invents a potion that turns him into a different person, someone who is mean and violent, and he calls this person Mr. Hyde.

Now, Dr. Jekyll thought he could control when he turned into Mr. Hyde, but he was wrong. Each time he drank the potion, he became more and more addicted to the feeling of being someone else. As Mr. Hyde, he started doing terrible things like hurting people and committing crimes.

Dr. Jekyll's friends noticed something was wrong and tried to help him, but he was scared to stop drinking the potion because he didn't want to face the reality of who he had become. Eventually, he transformed into Mr. Hyde permanently, and there was no going back.

The lesson here, little one, is that we all have good and bad parts of us, but we should never try to hide or suppress them because it can lead to terrible consequences. It's better to face our fears and flaws and work on becoming better people.