The
creature moves because he must search for food. He finds a
stay in a small kennel next to a family in a cottage. Because of the family he is watching he
learns of music for the first time, as well as words and language. He feels a
mixture of pain and pleasure. The creature continues watching the family and studies
their daily routines. He thinks they have all luxuries of life, but then realizes
that they are very poor so creature then clears the snow from their walk and
leaves supplies of wood for the family. But later of the chapter, the creature
never sees the family again because they left, as a
respond the creature burns the cottage to the ground.