Wouldn't the world be less of a chaotic, roiling mess, filled with people shouting, yelling, screaming, murmuring, whispering, stomping, scuffling, chomping, chewing and swallowing if everyone would just pause for one blessed moment and listen?! Sadly, the only way to achieve such a feat would be to splinter the planet into chunks of orbiting matter, leaving only the impenetrable silence of outer space... Anyway! After hearing the Doctor's unsettling theory of a monster concealed in the shadows, prickling the hairs on your neck with its wheezing breath and listening intently to every word you utter, 5 year olds will be more inclined to remain attentive during a maths lesson. Although the uncharacteristically obedient kindergartners may appear to be listening to the rules of simple addition and subtraction, they're actually straining to catch the soft thump of that footstep following but never passing by...