The Mystery of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Once upon a time, in a foggy city called London, lived a kind doctor named Dr. Henry Jekyll. He was friends with a lawyer named Mr.

Utterson. But Dr. Jekyll had a big, dark secret!

He invented a special potion that could change him into a completely different person, a nasty fellow named Mr. Edward Hyde. Mr.

Hyde was small and mean, and he loved causing trouble. Mr. Utterson noticed strange things happening and wondered if his friend Dr.

Jekyll was okay, or if Mr. Hyde was up to no good!

This spooky story was written by a man named Robert Louis Stevenson, all the way back in 1886. That's over 100 years ago! He wrote it in Scotland, which is a country near England. The book is called a 'novella' because it's shorter than a big novel but longer than a short story. It's like a super-duper spooky tale that people still love to read today because it's so mysterious and exciting.

This story is super famous because it makes us think about good and bad. Everyone has a little bit of good and a little bit of bad inside them, right? But Dr.

Jekyll's story shows what happens when the bad part takes over! People even use the names 'Jekyll and Hyde' to describe someone who acts nice one minute and then suddenly acts really mean or different the next. It's like having two people in one body!

Dr. Jekyll was a clever scientist who wanted to separate his good side from his bad side. He mixed up a special drink, a potion, in his laboratory.

When he drank it, POOF! He would transform into the grumpy Mr. Hyde.

It was like magic, but a bit scary! He could change back and forth, but Mr. Hyde started to get stronger and harder to control.

This made Dr. Jekyll very worried about what he had created.