这故事发生在十九世纪初的英格兰,所讲的是曼莉·安·安宁发现“怪物”的真实经过。那时,人们正开始用科学方法思考问题。当别的孩子忙于玩耍的时候,曼莉却在莱姆瑞吉斯海滩的悬崖上攀游着,跟她父亲一起干活。他们在寻觅奇珍异宝,卖给那些夏天到他们城镇去玩的游客。所谓的奇珍异宝,就是形形色色的贝壳化石。不久以后,她父亲不知怎么突然死了。当时,曼莉才十一岁,好长时间她都不想去搜寻贝壳了。过了一阵子,曼莉才渐渐习惯了独自干活,她的珍奇商店 The story took place in England in the early nineteenth century, about what Manly Ann Ann finds out about the real story of “monster.” At that time, people are beginning to think in a scientific way. While other children were busy playing, Manly climbed the cliffs of Lyme Regis Beach and worked with her father. They are searching for treasures, sold to tourists who summer summer to their town. The so-called treasures, is all kinds of shell fossils. Soon after, her father did not know how to suddenly die. At that time, Manly was only eleven years old, a long time she did not want to search the shell. After a while, Manly became accustomed to working alone, her rare store