My name is Lily, and, today, I'm going to be reading "Monsters in the Fog," written and illustrated by Ali Bahrampour.

It is hard to knit a sweater with your hooves, but Hakim somehow did it.

It was a present for his friend Daisy, who lived on top of the mountain.

He packed the sweater in his saddle bag.

"She'll love it," he thought.

"It gets cold up there."

It was a foggy morning.

Hakim could barely see the end of his nose.

"Where are you headed?"

asked an old goat, who appeared out of nowhere.

"Up the mountain," Hakim said.

"Don't do it!"

cried the goat.

"There are monsters up there!"

"There are no monsters," Hakim said.

"Beware!"

yelled the goat.

Beware!

Beware!"

"Have a good day," said Hakim.

"You are doomed!"

the old goat bleated.

Hakim had never seen a fog this thick.

"I can't let it stop me," he said.

And on he trotted.

Then he heard an awful groan.

It was getting closer and closer.

Maybe that old goat was right.

Out of the mist came the strangest creature Hakim had ever seen.

But as he got closer, he saw it was only a dog carrying a board and a pile of bricks on her head.

"Help!"

groaned the dog.

"I can't go on."

"Where are you headed?"

Hakim asked.

"Over the mountain to fix up my house," said the dog.

"Put the bricks in my bag," said Hakim.

"I'll bring them to the top, and then it'll be easy for you to carry them down."

"Much obliged," said the dog.

The higher they climbed, the thicker the fog got.

"What's that?"

yelped the dog.

Hakim had no idea.

It looked like a giant bug wiggling its many arms.

But as they got closer, they saw a pig with umbrellas in his backpack.

"Help!"

said the pig.

"I'm lost in the fog.

"I need to bring these umbrellas to sell on the other side of the mountain."

"We're headed the same way," said Hakim.

"Come with us."

"I can't see a thing," said the pig.

"What's up there?"

asked the dog.

Hakim couldn't speak.

A giant screaming skull was headed right toward them.

But it was only a bear on a runaway tricycle.

"I can't stop!"

the bear yelled.

A rock helped her out.

♪♪ "I need to get my brakes fixed," said the bear.

"I'm going over the mountain to the tricycle repair shop."

Hakim told the bear to put her tricycle in the saddle bag and join them.

The climb became so tricky that the animals asked Hakim if they could ride on his back.

"I'm scared," said the pig.

"We're doomed," said the dog.

"What if there are monsters?"

asked the bear.

"Don't worry," said Hakim.

"Everything looks like a monster in the fog."

Suddenly, they heard a loud scream and saw what looked like a...

"Monster!"

"That's not a monster," said Hakim.

"That's my friend Daisy."

"Hakim!"

said Daisy.

"Is that you?"

"That's your friend?"

asked the dog.

"Yes," said Hakim.

"This is Daisy.

"But why were you screaming?"

the pig asked Daisy.

"You all look like a monster in the fog," Daisy explained.

"I got scared.

"Everything looks like a monster in the fog," said Hakim.

"But the closer you get, the less scary it becomes."

The sun came out and burned away the fog.

The dog and the pig and the bear said goodbye and headed down the mountain.

Daisy loved her sweater.

It was a perfect fit.

The end.

Thanks for reading with me.

Bye!