1. Chapter XI

2.  The creature tells of his experiences waking up. He talks of how his senses developed.  He had a problem telling the difference between light and dark.  His vision took several days to come into focus, the way it takes time for infants' eyes to adjust.

3.  He left the laboratory, he wandered around the forest near Ingolstadt  The Creature lived on raw berries and nuts.  He discovered Fire from what a traveler left behind.

4.  He learned of the warmth and uses of fire as well as the danger of it.  which he figured out when he stuck his hand in the flames and burned it  He did not know how to recreate fire.  Because of this, he kept it burning continuously.  He used it to keep warm and to cook the nuts he found.  He tried to imitate the sounds of the birds, but the sound of his own voice frightened him.

5.  When the food supply became scarce, the creature had to move on.  As he looked for a new place, snow fell and he found a shepherd's cottage.

6.  When he entered the cottage, the man ran away screaming in fear at the hideousness of the monster.  The monster, having never seen himself, didn't understand the reaction.  He stayed in the cottage, which fascinated him because it was the first shelter he'd ever been in.

7.  After eating and resting, he left and came upon a village  He tried to find shelter there but was chased away by the frightened villagers who threw rocks at him.  After being treated like that, he became afraid of people

8.  When he found another cottage off in the forest, he hid in a shed near the house and watched the family through a small hole in a covered window.  There an old man, a young man and a young lady lived  He heard music for the first time when the father played his guitar.

9.  The creature even experienced the emotions of sadness and joy while he watched them, but he didn't know what those feelings were.  Watching them made him happy, but the monster didn't want the family to know he was there.