chimney

In this day and age, not many people use chimneys anymore, and with good reason. The dust and ash come out from the tops and pollute the clean air that people breathe, making the use of chimneys not only environmentally unfriendly but also aesthetically unpleasing. They aren't even necessary to build anymore, but some people just like the idea of having a chimney in case a big fat man in a red suit decides to jump down and give out presents. Did you ever notice he never comes though, at least not through that way? Even he knows his legendary counterpart that no one has discovered yet, and perhaps this is why the Chimney Monster (as it is called) lurks undetectable there.


In almost all the unused chimneys there lives a Chimney Monster, a dark, black shadow of a thing that is quite large but seems invisible to the eye. His skin is black and his hair is black, and his eyes are so black that they seem almost not to be there. The Chimney Monster has lived on to this day because he is so black that when people look up there chimneys, they may be staring straight into his eyes but think it is just the darkness and dirtiness of their own chimneys. Some of these monsters live up to old ages because no one uses their chimneys anymore, so they live on until another Chimney Monster crawls into the same chimney and eats the old one up. It's a dirty life for a Chimney Monster.


Most people probably don't know they have one. If you have a chimney, go check it. If you can see the bright light of the sky on the other side, then congratulations: a Chimney Monster has not yet found your chimney. But if the light is faint and hard to make out, then quickly get out from under the chimney and never look there again. The Monster will be ready the next time.