Part 1, Unspoiled Monsters, pp. 1 - 12 Summary

The narrator introduces himself as P.B. Jones and introduces his writings with a contemplation of what he perceives as a clever piece of writing by an eight year old named Florie Rotondo who writes of traveling to the center of the earth to meet "unspoiled monsters" and after she met them, move to the country. He comments in narration that he has himself met "unspoiled monsters," but never did move to the country even though he eventually admits, he would have been wiser to do so.

Jones then describes his current living circumstances, commenting that he might move to the sixth floor where he could be sure of doing himself some serious injury if he climbed out the window. Jones then briefly narrates the first twenty or so years of his life where he...