The Monster in the Wardrobe

A. Educational Value

Bravery and tolerance

B. Basic Elements

Moral of the story

Most fear is without foundation, and plays on what is unknown or different

Setting

A boy’s bedroom

Characters

A boy and a monster

C. Short Story

There was once a boy who was afraid of the dark. He thought that when it was dark his bedroom filled up with monsters. But there came a time when he was too old to be allowed to keep sleeping with the light on.

That first night he was paralysed with fear, his mind full of monsters. So much so, that he went over to his wardrobe to get a torch. But when he opened the wardrobe door he came face to face with a monster, and he let out the loudest scream in the world.

The monster took a step backwards, grabbed its multicolored hair with its tentacles and... started crying! The monster cried for so long that the boy's shock and fear subsided. He calmed the monster as much as he could, and started talking to him, asking him why he was crying, and what he was doing there.

The monster told him he lived in the wardrobe, but almost never went out, because he was afraid of the boy. When the boy asked him why, the monster told him the boy's face seemed to him the most horrible thing he'd ever seen with eyes, ears and a nose. The boy felt exactly the same way about the monster, who had an enormous head full of mouths and hair.

The two of them talked so much that they became quite friendly, and they realized that both of them had been afraid of the same thing: the unknown. To lose their fear all they had to do was get to know each other. Together they traveled the world, seeing lions, tigers, crocodiles, dragons... It was the first time either of them had seen such creatures, but they made the effort to get to know them, and ended up dispelling their fear, and becoming friends.

And, although his parents weren't too happy, because they thought he was too old to still believe in monsters, the truth of it was that all kinds of creatures visited the boy's bedroom each night. And, instead of fearing them he had learned to get to know them and befriend them.

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D. Short Glossary

WORDS	MEANING
Wardrobe	A large cupboard for keeping cloth in
	Lemari pakaian
Torch	A long stick with material that burns tied to the top of it
	Obor
Paralyse	To make someone unable to move all or part of their body
	Melumpuhkan
Subside	To become less strong or extreme
	Terhenyak
Horrible	Very unpleasant or bad
	Mengerikan
Enormous	Extremely large
	Sangat besar
Creature	Anything that lives but is not a plant
	Makhluk
Befriend	To be friendly to someone, especially someone who needs support or help
	Berlaku seperti sahabat

E. Short Grammar

Verb

The verb is king in English. The shortest sentence contains a verb. You can make a one-word sentence with a verb, for example: "Stop!" You cannot make a one-word sentence with any other type of word.

Verb-in the story

The story is talking about past, so the verb use past participle

Present	Past Participle
To think	Thought
To allow	Allowed
To keep	Kept
To go	Went
To get	Got
To come	came

Tenses

Tense (noun) is a form of a verb used to indicate the time, and sometimes the continuation or completeness, of an action in relation to the time of speaking. (From Latin tempus = time).

Past Simple Tense

·     He went over to his wardrobe.

Dia pergi menuju lemari baju.

·     He came face to face with a monster.

Dia datang saling bertatap muka dengan monster.

·     The monster took a step backwards.

Monster melangkah ke belakang.

Past Continuous Tense

·     He was crying

Dia sedang menangis.

·     He was doing there.

Dia sedang mengerjakan di sebelah sana.

Past Perfect Tense

·     He'd ever seen with eyes, ears and a nose.

Dia tidak pernah melihat dengan mata, telinga dan hidung.

·     He had learned to get to know them.

Dia telah belajar untuk mengenal mereka.