The creature of the attic. Story about fear for children
Most children feel fear at some point. There are many kinds of fears: fear of the dark, fear of loneliness or fear of monsters. The latter is one of the most common fears among children in their first years of life. La 'The creature of the attic' speaks of courage and how to overcome an irrational f
Most children feel fear at some point. There are many kinds of fears: fear of the dark, fear of loneliness or fear of monsters. The latter is one of the most common fears among children in their first years of life. La 'The creature of the attic'
speaks of courage and how to overcome an irrational fear that leads us to feel anguish unnecessarily and make wrong decisions. The creature of the attic, a children's story to overcome the fear of monsters
The first news
of the creature of the attic arose when one of the children went up to find an old book. Everything was dark, but in the shadows he could see clearly two eyes that stared at him from above, with a terrible gesture. They were two large eyes, almost one meter apart, which gave an idea of the size of the head of that horrible being, who launched himself at the child. He screamed at the top of his lungs, locked the door, and left the monster growling in the attic. For two days the town lived in terror. The grunts of the attic and the pounding of the door continued, and news of the cruelties of that 'bug' spread everywhere. The number of tragedies and misfortunes increased, but
nobody had the courage to climb into the attic and face the beast .Soon a Norwegian fisherman passed by, whose whaling ship had been shipwrecked days ago; He looked like a real wolf of the indomitable sea, a tough guy, and taking advantage of the fact that he knew the language, the men of the place asked him for help in confronting the horrible creature. The Norwegian did not hesitate to do so in exchange for some coins, but when approaching the attic he heard the grunts of the beast, he twisted the gesture, and going down the stairs he asked for much more money, some tools, a big net and a car, because if I triumphed I wanted to take that being as a trophy.
The people of the village agreed, and the Norwegian opened the door and disappeared between deep and shuddering cries that soon ceased. Never again did they see the Norwegian nor listen to the beast. Nor did anyone dare to go back to the attic.
Do you want to know what happened behind the door? Insurance?
When the Norwegian opened it, he could see the eye of Olav, his huge and brave helmsman. The eye was also reflected in a mirror, giving the impression of belonging to the same head, because Olav's other eye had been covered by a patch for years. They both continued to shout in their language, while the whaleman told his imprisoned friend that those scared people had given him so much money that they could take a boat and go fishing.
Together they found a way to escape from the attic, get on the car and disappear forever .And so, fear, and only fear, impoverished all the people and allowed the fishermen to recover. As is still happening today with many of our things,
in which a senseless fear leads us to do nonsense, and even allows others to take advantage of it .
