On the table in front of it, there was a dead flower. The creature had a cloth over its head, because of the cold. It sat very quietly on the chair in the cold, dark, dirty room, and looked at the table. I say a creature, because it was not a man or a woman, like you or me. A creature sat on a chair behind a table. The room was cold and dark, and there was a horrible smell in it. ‘Give me twelve pence then.’ I gave him the money and he opened a door at the back of the shop. Then he took the cigarette out of his mouth and smiled with his yellow teeth. But I can give you more than two pence.’ The man looked at me carefully.
I have no time tomorrow - I have a lot of work to do. You can come back tomorrow.’ ‘I’m sorry,’ I said. ‘I’d like to see the elephant man, please,’ I said. He was a dirty man in an old coat with a cigarette in his mouth. It said: Come in and see the Elephant Man. There was a man in the picture, but he did not look like you and me. At first I felt interested, then I felt angry, then afraid. I stopped in front of the shop and looked at the picture. One day in 1884, I saw a picture in the window of a shop near the hospital.
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