Kosmic
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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF MONSTER BUILDING BY MARK WHIPPLE ILLUSTRATED A. D. WHIPPLE
Building a monster is not an easy task. When building one, one must be aware of many things. This book will help you and other monster builders in your effort to build the perfect monster. Parts are a big concern for monster builders. Without parts a monster usually nothing more than air. Therefore parts are important for building monsters. Parts can be found easily if one knows where to look for them. A broken egg beater or discarded toaster or vacuum will work great for starters. Sometimes an old bicycle, lawn mower or bicycle pump is needed. If one has access to some of these then building a monster is easy. A monster will need to move. The best way to make your monster move is either by a wind up spring. Some have used battery power, which works well. The main problem with batteries is that when they start to get weak your monster will fall asleep in the worst places. Never plan on running you monster off of a wall plug. This isn't good. The monster will only be able to go as far as his extension cord goes. And you could never take him walking in the rain.
The brains of the monster must be hooked up correctly. It sounds silly but if one doesn't connect every lose wire exactly right where it goes the monster will get an itch an instead of scratching he will sneeze. Or perhaps he will burn a finger and instead of saying ouch he will waltz to the blue danube. Needless to say tieing the brains in right is a must.
One must take into account what one will feed his monster. Most mad scientist never think of this until it's too late. Let's say, if one had a monster which only ate lawn clippings then one would have to move him to where the lawns are mowed during the spring, summer, fall and winter. The best things to feed your monster is food which you hate the worse. Of course the stuff which is good for you will even be better for a monster.
Size is important. If one makes a tinny monster no one is afraid of it. (a boy standing in front of a monster which is not big enough to scare anyone--three or four boys laugh at the boy and his monster)
If it's too huge then he'll break everything he comes into contact with. (a monster with his head in his hands crying--a broken vase is next to him)
I knew of four mad scientist which made tinny monsters. What a joke. The little fellers ran off of C batteries. When people would see the monsters they would say, "Oh isn't that cute." I felt very sorry for these monster makers and for the monsters them self. However all four scientist made millions on the toy rights for their monsters.( show a bunch of little toy monsters walking around the ground with wind up keys in their backs.)
Never give your monster more than three legs or three arms. All though it looks nice, one will find if he does that the monster will trip much too often and his arms will constantly be tangled.
Never give your monster more or less than two eyes. A monster with only one eye is usually unsightly. A monster with five eyes will cost way too much if he ever needs glasses.
Never store your monster in the fridge. (PICTURE OF MONSTER IN FRIDGE) Not only will they eat everything they can get their hands on but they will also scare your mom.
Of course moms can make life very hard for monster builders. (picture of the boy sitting on a chair with his face too the wall--we only see his back)
It is very smart to have your monster smart. If your monster is smart--then given the proper motivation he will do one's home work. (show a monster doing home work at a desk while the boy lies in bed reading a comic book.) However don't let your monster do all your home work--it's good for monster builders to be smart too.
Don't make your monsters out of anything gooey or slimly. If you do, he will make messes where ever he goes and where ever he sits and you will have to clean them up. (gooey foot prints on the stair going up--the boy is sad as he is cleaning them up, His mother points a stern finger at him)
Sometimes monster builders find themselves in trouble with their parents and with their teachers--at the same time. This usually happens when their friends are all gone. It is during these times that monsters should be just the right size, shape, and softness for giving hugs. Especially when the rest of the world isn't giving them. That's what monsters are best for. (show a boy hugging a monster in front of a setting sun) A huge from a monster some times helps us remember that teachers aren't always mad at us and that friends aren't always gone and that parents really do love us.
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