![]() But I somehow knew that eventually I would be a third grader no longer and would escape the sharpened claws and flapping habit of this creature. ![]() I was even banned from the classroom for a spell, to wander the halls for hours, unaccompanied. There would be more than one instance of raised voices, and more than one rap across the hands with yardsticks. It was not a happy year for me at school. Her starched garb also pinched her face into a state of permanent floridity and pursed her lips into a particularly fish-like shape. She was notorious, not only for her distinctive dimensions, but for having a particularly foul temper. If the " what’s black and white, black and white, black and white – a nun rolling down a hill" joke were applied to her you would have needed a lot more black-and-whites, as her spherical shape would have kept her rolling a long time. Sister Evangelista was about 5 foot nuthin’, and symmetrical. It was a memorable school year because I had for a teacher a nun with a reputation. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but aren't." Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Some of them are things people are scared of. ![]() OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: " Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Read The New Yorker's profile on Neil Gaiman ![]() Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of The Graveyard Book ![]()
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