[ IP ] Can anyone write a short story about this image ( Beast of Hoboken ) ?

`` Mom, can we please go swimming in the water?'' a little girl asks her mother. She stands on a rock near the lake. 
 
 `` Not today, it's already beginning to get dark,'' her mother replies. 
 
 `` But mom... I will swim really fast,'' she says, trying anything to get her mother to say yes. 
 
 `` Did I ever tell you what happens here in Hoboken at night?'' he mother says with a sly grin. 
 
 `` No... what happens?'' she asks her mother, walking away from the water. She looks over her shoulder as if someone may be sneaking up behind her, but no one is there. 
 
 `` Well my dear, sit on the rock and let me share a quick story with you,'' her mother says. They both walk over to the rocks and sit down. 
 
 The girl waits patiently for her mothers story, still looking around frantically as if something bad is going to happen. 
 
 `` Well, there's a story about our city, especially around this lake. They call it the Beast of Hoboken, with a few sightings of the beast around here,'' the mother says while trying to hold back her smile. 
 
 `` You said monsters are not real,'' the little girl says as she crosses her arms in front of her, with a scowl look on her face. 
 
 `` Monsters are not real, but Beasts are. Do you want to hear my story or are you going to keep asking me questions?'' her mother responds to her. 
 
 `` I'm sorry mom, please continue,'' she says. She scoots over closer to her mother, afraid that a Beast may come after her. 
 
 `` Well, the Beast of Hoboken comes after children who do n't listen to their parents and try to swim in the lake when they're told not to. He does n't like it when children do n't listen and think they can do anything that they want,'' she says. She throws a rock behind her when her daughter is looking the other way. 
 
 `` Did you hear that? Mom, something is behind us,'' she shouts as she jumps from her rock, almost falling over. Her mother is having a hard time holding back her laughter. A quick grin appears on her face but she returns her stern look. She looks around with her daughter, not seeing a thing. 
 
 `` I think you're hearing things my dear. Sit back down and let me finish my story,'' her mother says while sitting back down and putting her hand on the rock next to her, motioning for her daughter to sit with her. 
 
 `` Mom, what does the Beast of Hoboken look like?'' she asks her mother. 
 
 `` I have heard many different descriptions of it, so I'm not sure which one is true. The description I hear the most is that is has claws of a type of bird, maybe a rooster for its feet. It has a long tail of a lizard. The body and arms looks like a rat. It's head is in the shape of a fish and it almost looks as if it has a type of piercing on its face, but it is actually a hook that was bent like a hoop while someone was trying to catch it. It's tongue looks like a snake and it has teeth of a piranha. It swims in the waters and walks on land. It has been seen eating a fish raw, holding half of the fishes body in its rat hand. I heard the beast has spikes on it's back, similar to a porcupine,'' her mother says as she's getting into the story. 
 
 The little girl is sitting with her legs up, holding them close to her chest for comfort. `` Mom, it's not nice to tell stories that are n't real. We better go home now because it's getting to dark out,'' she says as she pulls her moms arm. 
 
 `` We can go home, but you better listen to me from now on when I tell you that you ca n't do something,'' her mother says as she stands up and begins to head home. 
 
 The little girl looks all around, just making sure that nothing is going to jump out and get her. She looks back at the rocks and she gets a glimpse of a shadow. Then she saw it. 
 
 `` MOM, THE BEAST OF HOBOKEN IS RIGHT THERE, RUN...'' she shouts as she runs away from her mother as fast as she can. Her mother looks back, not seeing a single thing. 
 
 `` It was just a story darling, there's nothing there,'' her mother shouts to her. She laughs to herself and tries to catch up with her daughter. 
 
 Truth be told, if her mother left her alone near that lake, the Beast of Hoboken would have taken care of her. The Beast lurks back into the water unnoticed by the mother, looking for its next child.
