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 \nGerald A.Larue,University of Southern California professor emeritus  \n\"Dad,Greg said he had another dream about monsters lastnight,\"said Jordan.\"He woke up screaming and his dad crawledinto bed with him and held him all night.He said he was reallyscared.\"  \n\"How old is Greg,Jordan?\"\"Same as me—seven.\"\"Does Greg believe monsters are real?\"  \n\"Well—sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't.He islike Catherine—sometimes she does,and she tells these wildstories that she makes up—then she says that monsters are justmade up.\"  \n\"But your sister is four years old,not seven,and,as yourMom would put it,she blurs the difference between reality andfantasy—between what is real and what is not real.\"  \n\"But,Dad,Catherine doesn't dream about monsters,and shedoesn't need a light on in her room all night—well,she doeshave that ittle night light in the hall,but that's so she can find thebathroom—but not because she is scared.Greg really getsupset when he talks about monsters.\"  \n\"Do you believe monsters are real,Jordan?\"  \n\"Well,if they are real,I've never seen one.The ones on TVare just cartoon stuff or animated models—so I can't reallybelieve they are real.\"  \n\"Well,here is your sister.Catherine,do you believe monstersare real?”  \n\"Sometimes I do,\"admitted Catherine.\"There was this littlekid who went out for a walk and it was getting dark...”  \n\"Oops,hold it Catherine!\"laughed her father.\"Is this a mon-ster story?\"  \n\"Yes,\"she said.\"Well,there was this little kid...\"  \n\"Catherine,I will isten to your monster story another time,butI think I've an idea—Jordan,let's build our own monster.\"  \n\"What?\"asked Jordan.  \n\"Let's build our own monster,\"said Dad.\"We can do it.\"\"Can I help?Can I help?\"asked Catherine enthusiastically.  \n\"Of course you can.Catherine,\"said Dad.\"Boy,am I glad Ididn't toss those old boards and wire in the trash.Let's go.\"  \nT HE N E W SLET TE R OF THE SE CU LA R F A MI LY NE T W O R K  \n\"Okay,I've cut these two flat pieces of 1×4s to make the feet,andwe will nail them to these two pieces of 1×5s for our monster'slegs.Then we will take these other pieces of 1×1s and make arectangle for the body—and nail on the legs.And don't hit yourfingers!\"  \n\"What about arms?\"asked Jordan.  \n\"Well,Jordan,you go in the house and get some wire coathangers.How many arms will your monster have?Four?Okay,then bring eight hangers.Meanwhile,I will cut this old wire meshl used when we grew all those peas and beans and cucumbersa year ago,and we will wind it around our wooden creature.I willtry to make a round or square or weird-shaped wire head and wecan add special features later.Then we will tear up strips ofnewspaper,and I will make a mix out of that wallpaper glue,andwe will cover our monster with paper maché.\"  \nMONSTERS!continued on page 2  \nfall 2003  \nEditor:Jan Loeb Eisler  \n# Family Matters'Goals:\n\n·Affirm and support the secular humanist family in today's culture.  \n·Provide a sounding board for the secular humanist family in sharing satisfying solutions to family dilemmas.  \nMONSTERS!,continued from page 1  \nTwo Hours Later  \n\"Well,what do you think?\"asked Dad,surveying their work.  \n\"He looks pretty messy,Dad,\"commented Jordan.  \n\"He looks yucky!\"exclaimed Catherine.  \n\"He will dry out in the sun tomorrow,\"said Dad.\"Then we willpaint him and use felt pens to color his eyes and his mouth andhis teeth.But what color will he be?\"  \n\"Well,if we make him silver,he will lok like a space creature.Green will make him like ajungle animal—we could try red,\"sug-gested Jordan.  \n\"Make him orange,\"suggested Catherine.  \n“Orange?Why orange,Catherine?”  \n\"He will be the monster that guards the orange groves.Wecan call him Orangey Porangey.\"  \n\"Heythat's not bad,but let's cal him 'Orangetan,\"saidJordan.\"But,Dad,where did this monsters stuff come from?Wesee so much ofit on kid's TV—but that's just TV stuff.\"  \n\"Well,let me see.Away back in time—before television andradio and modern science—people were impressed by all thepower they saw in ","cbCaielqqmIPCOzB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaielqqmIPCOzB","pdf",3077496,"English","# Family Matters'Goals\n# Monsters!\n## Two Hours Later\n# Monsters! 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