The Nameless Monster (Czech: Obluda, Která Nemá Své Jméno) is a children's picture book written by Franz Bonaparta under the alias Emil Šébe. Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a nameless monster. The monster was dying to have a name. So he decided to set out on a journey to find his name. But the world was a large place, so the monster split into two on his journey. One monster went to the East. And the other went to the West. The monster who went East came to a village. "Mr. Bla