Original title Alfons och odjuret Country Sweden Series Alfie Atkins Originally published 1978 Genre Children's literature Translator Robert Swindells | Illustrator Gunilla Bergström Language Swedish Published in English 1988 Publisher Rabén & Sjögren Cover artist Gunilla Bergström | |
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Is that a Monster, Alfie Atkins? (Swedish: Alfons och odjuret) is a 1978 children's book by Gunilla Bergström. Translated by Robert Swindells, it was published in English in 1988. As an episode of the animated TV series it originally aired over SVT on 5 January 1980 as "Odjuret och Alfons Åberg".
Plot
It's Saturday evening and Alfons has problems falling asleep. The recently passed day, Alfons and his friends were playing soccer with Alfons' new soccer ball. Alfons kicked the ball, which flew very far away. When a little guy acting as ball boy couldn't find it, Alfons blamed the ball boy for stealing the boy and hit him. Alfons now thinks there's a monster under his bed. The upcoming week, Alfons tries to find the ball boy and ask him for forgiveness. The first days, he can't find it and Alfons continues to imagine there's a monster. Finally one day, as he watches the other friends playing soccer, he discovers the missing ball boy. The upcoming Saturday, they meet in the candy store and Alfons ask for forgiveness. They become friends again, and Alfons' imaginary monster under the bed is gone.