Stories about Beasts

There are lots of stories about beasts. Some of them are very old. Most of the stories about beasts are not true, and usually the beasts are bad, but there are some good beasts, too.

Hans Christian Andersen lived from 1805-1875 in Denmark. He wrote a sad story about a kind mermaid. In the story she loves a prince and becomes a girl with legs, but she is not happy and she goes back to the sea.

Robert Louis Stevenson lived in England. In 1886 he wrote a book, Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In the story Doctor Jekyll is a good man, but Mr Hyde is a bad man and he kills people. Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde are the same person! Doctor Jekyll makes a drink and drinks it. Then he becomes Mr Hyde. There are many films about Jekll and H de.

There is also a film about the Elephant Man, but this is a true story. In 1888 Doctor Treves found John Merrick in a cage in a circus. John Merrick was sick, and his face was very ugly. People came to look at him and laugh. They called him the Elephant Man, but he was clever and he was a good man. Doctor Treves took him to his house and became his friend and teacher. But John Merrick was very sick, and he died in 1890.

This is a photo of The Elephant Man and Doctor Treves in the film.