A time traveller travels into the future and discovers that the world has changed in ways he could never have imagined. Human beings have been replaced by a new species, gentle creatures called Elol. The time traveller's only companion in this strange world is a female Elol called Weena. The Eloi live above ground, while another species, the Morlocks live below ground. The Morlocks look like apes and hunt Eloi at night. When the time traveller discovers that the Morlocks have stolen his time machine, he has no choice but to enter their underground lair to get it back.


I had no doubt that the Morlocks had taken my time machine, but I could not understand why. I wanted to find out more about these strange creatures that lived underground, so I decided to ask Weena for information. But Weena was reluctant to answer any of my questions: talking about the Morlocks seemed to upset her and I realised I would have to solve this mystery on my own.

So, the following morning, armed with a box of matches, I made my way to the shaft that led to the Morlocks' lair. Weena had insisted on accompanying me, completely unaware of what I was about to do. When we reached the shaft. I kissed Weena's cheek and said goodbye to her. Immediately, she began crying and pulling at my clothes with her little hands, trying desperately to talk me out of my plan. But my mind was made up, and, despite Weena's protestations, I climbed into the shaft and entered the dark underworld of the Morlocks.

I had almost reached the bottom when my foot slipped and I fell to the ground. I must have been knocked unconscious, because the next thing I knew, a finger was touching my face. I quickly staggered to my feet and lit a match. There, in front of me, stood three Morlocks. They looked like huge apes covered in white fur, I also noticed that their eyes were pinkish grey in colour and abnormally large. I lit a second match to get a better look at them, but the flame startled them and they ran off in various directions. The Morlocks spent most of their time in underground caves and tunnels, and it seemed that their eyes were sensitive to light. My matches would keep me safe, for a while anyway. I lit a third match and began to make my way through a winding tunnel. I regretted not bringing any supplies with me like medicines or weapons, but I didn't think I would need them. I expected to find that mankind had made great advancements in the future. I did not expect to come to a primitive world  inhabited by peculiar beings.

My supply of matches was beginning to run low, and, as I paused in the dark for a few minutes, I felt a hand grab my arm. Someone took the box of matches out of my hand and I realised that the Morlocks had surrounded me. Though I was terrified, I shouted at them to leave me alone, and they seemed to listen. A few minutes later, however, they approached me again. I shouted at them once more, but my screaming had little effect.

With the Morlocks coming nearer and nearer to me, I searched my pockets anxiously, hoping that perhaps a match had fallen out of the box. Fortunately, I found one. I managed to light the match by striking it against the wall, and I seized my opportunity to run back through the tunnel and to the shaft.

The Morlocks ran after me, but I had already started climbing up the shaft by the time they caught up to me. I climbed as quickly as I could, desperate to get as far away as possible from those awful creatures. Some of them tried to pull me down; one of them even got hold of my shoe, but I managed to escape. Once I was outside, in the bright sunshine, I knew that I was safe. But the Morlocks still had my time machine, and I would have to return to their underground world a second time to get it back.