The Sympathetic Beast I stood on my tiptoes, back against the wall, the hairbrush in my hand my only
weapon. The thing slithered from beneath my bed, undulating like a snake; only it
was more like black vapor. The stench of rotting meat assaulted my nostrils.
"Come closer, and I'll..." I waved the hairbrush.
"Brush my hair?" It chuckled and took on a form similar to that of a person's
shadow. "Don't be scared, Brenda." Its voice was pleasant. Human. It was in
continuous motion, but did not come closer.
"You know my name," I whispered.
"Of course," said the shadow. "I've been with you for years, hiding beneath your
bed, waiting in the corners of your room. I'd still be in hiding if not for the fact
hann nahanathanthonnhaun haknon I'll ha dhatenuadithannaith ahadana.
What makes the monster frightening?
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Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

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Which is a theme in “young goodman brown” ?