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MyrealnameisFlossie.

Thisiswherewelive.

It’sabitwild...abitwindy...abitwet,butit’shometous.Iloveithere.

Butitcanbelonely.

IbelongtothesamefamilyasNessie.IliveinthesamelochasNessie.Iliveinthesamewater.Ihuntforthesamefish.Butwe’dhaveourdifferences.

Forinstance,theLochNessMonsterishugeandscary.

ButI’mabitonthesmallside.SometimesNessiecallsmeScaredyCat.

TheLochNessMonsterswimsswiftandsure.

ButI’mnotallthatkeenonwater.

Idon’tlikethecoldandwet.Idon’tlikethehighwaves.Idon’tlikethedeeppoolsandIHATEthewhirlpool.

Thisisthewhirlpool.

Itgoesroundandround,andwhateverisinthewhirlpoolgoesroundandroundwithit.

NessieLOVESit.‘Wheee!

’sheyells.

‘Yeeeeeeeeh!

’sheyells,and,‘Comeandhaveagoifyouthinkyou’rebraveenough!

’

Ihadagoonce.IHATEDit.Thewaterwentupmynose,Icouldn’tseeanythingandIfeltdizzyandsick.

‘You’rescared!

’Nessieteased.‘You’refrightened!

ButIwasn’tfrightened.

IwasTSRRIFIED!

Nessiecalledmealandlubber,achicken.

Nessiecallsmelotsofnames:

Titch!

Scaredycat!

Crybaby!

Totellyouthetruth,Nessieisabitofabully.ButnothingNessiecandowouldmakegetbackinthatwhirlpoolagain.

Never!

2NoonecaresaboutYOU!

YouprobablyknowthattheLochNessMonster（orNessieforshort）isgoodathiding.Wemonstershavelearnedtheartofcamouflage.Thismeanswecanhidebychangingourcolourormakingourselveslooklikeotherthings.

IfsomeonespotsNessie,shechanges.

Peoplewhomakefilms,andpeoplewhowritefornewspapersandmagazines,arealwaystryingtostopNessie.Theywanttotakeherphoto.Theywanttomakeafilmabouther.Theywanthertobeintheirnewspapersormagazines.She’sfamous.She’sacelebrity.EveryonetriestospotNessie.

Butnobodyhasevertriedtospotme.

IWANTtobemadeafussof.ButnomatterwhatIdo,nobodynoticesmeatall.

That’swhyNessiecallsmetheLucklessMonster.‘Nooneknowsyouexist.Noonecaresifyouexist!

’shesays.

‘Nanananana,’Nessiesings.

Noonetriestotakephotosofyou!

Noonetalksaboutyou.

NoonecaresaboutYOUatall.’

It’strue.Idon’thaveanyrealfriends.

There’sNessieofcourse---butsheonlytalkstomewhenshefeelslikeit.Sheonlyplayswithmewhenshefeelslikeplaying.SoI’mlonely,andthat’swhyIthinkNessieisrightwhenshecallsmetheLucklessMonster.

3Howdoyoufindafriend?

Oneday,IwokeupandIsaidtomyself,’Enoughisenough.TodayisthedayIwillfindarealfriend,agoodfriend.Nessiedoesn’tcareifshehasafriend,butIdo.’

Iwantsomeonewhocaresforme.Iwantsomeonewhocanseetherealme.

Buthowdoyoufindafriend?

Whatexactlyisafriend?

Ithoughtaboutthisforalong,longtime.IevenaskedNessie.

‘Whatexactlyisafriend?

’Iasked.

‘Afriendissomeonewhoislikeyou,justlikeyou,’shesaid.‘Butnoneislikeus,soweCAN’Thavefriends.Betterjusttosettleforscaringpeople.’

Thenshegavearoarthatsentmeskitteringaway.

‘Itworksforme.’Shegrinned.‘Ilovescaringpeople!

ButIdidn’tgiveup.Iwasdeterminedtofindafriend.

IaskedalltheanimalsImet,‘Pleasebemyfriend.’

Thisiswhattheysaid:

TheythoughtIwastoobig,toowet,tooscarylookingandtoofishysmelling.

ThenIaskedsomechildrenandthisiswhattheysaid:

Thegrownupssaid,‘Don’tbesilly.Therearenosuchthingsasmonsters.That’sjustashadow.Comealong,now.Hurryup.’

Peoplewereeitherscaredofme--ortheydidn’tbelieveinme.

Itwashopeless.SoIsulked.I’mverygoodatsulking.Icandoitforages.

Istayedperfectlystill,crossedmyarms,droopedmybottomlipandgotreadyforaHUGEsulk.Iwasjustgettingintoit,whenIheardanoise.

Agroupofchildrenweregoinguptoalittlegirl.Theyweresayingthingsthatsoundedveryfamiliartome.

Thegirlwascryingandshewaswearingglasses--butnotforlong.

Theotherchildrentookherglassesandstartedtopassthemtoeachother.

Eachtimeshetiredtograbthembacktheythrewthemtosomeoneelse.Theywerethrowingfasterandfasterandharderandharderuntil-

SPLASH!

Thegasseslandedinthewater.

Theywerelightandplasticlandedinthewater.

Theywerelightandplastic.Sotheybobbedaboutonthesurface.Thentheydriftedinlittlecircles.

Thegirlcri