Rona Long-Teeth has a heart that's dark and evil. When the moon is full, she creeps from hut to hut and carries off the juiciest young humans she can find. Her daughter, Hina, doesn't know anything about her mother's nighttime hunting until she falls in love with Monoi and finds out the dreadful truth...

"This story is an adapted version of a chapter of The Barefoot Book of Monsters, published in 2003"--Copyright page.