nameless 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 east

and the other went to west

the monster who went east came to a village

he found a blacksmith and ask him to give his name

"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 can make me stronger? Okay, you can have my name."

and the monster jumped into the blacksmith's stomach

the monster became 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."

the hungry monster ate Otto from the inside

he went back to being a monster without a name

he jumped into the stomach of Hans the shoemaker, but,

he went back to being a monster without a name

he jumped into the stomach of Thomas the hunter, but,

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 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 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 large."

the boy ate the king and all the servants

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 monster."

the boy ate the monster who went west

at the end, even though he had finally found a name, there was no one around to call him by it

Johan was such a wonderful name too.