until one of us is dead. You are a murderer. How can I be kind to you?' you You say I am a murderer," the monster said, "but want to kill your own creature. Isn't that wrong, too? ask you to do one thing for me listen. Come with me to a warmer place, and listen to my story. Then you can decide. I thought carefully about what he had said. It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love. I decided to go with him and listen to his story He took me to a mountain hut where he lit a fire. We sat down by the fire and he began to tell me his story.