Chomper was very nervous to start his new school year. Last year he had almost gotten expelled for eating his desk. He couldn't help it! The desk was just so tasty, and he was just sooooooooooooooo hungry!!!!! Can you believe that school only had ONE lunch?!?!?!?!?A healthy monster eats at least 7 meals a day! Anyway Chomper got all his stuff ready to go and put it in his backpack. He packed his (SINGULAR!!) lunch in his bag and yelled goodbye to his parents before going outside. He hoped, this year, he would make a friend.

Chomper got to school just as the bell rang and hurried to his first class, Science. "Hello class," creaked Mr. Brickman, a man made entirely of bricks whose voice made everything from kittens to roller coasters sound boring. Chomper zoned out entirely in Mr. Brickman's class and barley managed to get all the notes down. When he looked down at them he couldn't believe it!!!! Mr. Brickman had assigned so much homework he'd be lucky if he got to anything else! He dismally hoped the rest of the day would be more fun as he trudged down the hall to his next class.

Chomper managed to get through the rest of the periods until lunch without eating anything (or getting any more homework) and by the time he got lunch he was starving. He approached an almost empty table and tried to sit down but the monsters sitting at the table wouldn't let him. "No way!" squeaked a slimy goblin. "Yeah!" said a werewolf. "You'll eat us!" Feeling very sad, Chomper retreated to an "empty" table and almost sat on a ghost "Go away, you're not wanted here!" the ghost shrieked. Appetite almost lost (but not quite) he went to go eat in the library.