The Monster Detector by Ellen Potter

Author:Ellen Potter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2018-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

“Eww, look at this thing!” said Pip, holding up a card showing a huge, creepy-looking beast. Its mouth was open as though it were roaring, showing long, sharp fangs dripping with gooey saliva. Its angry eyes were red and squinty. It was covered with tangled hair, and it held up a club as though it were about to thwack it down on someone’s head.

“Can I see that?” asked Gigi. Pip handed her the card, and Gigi read from the back:

Everyone was silent. They were all shocked, even Hugo.

“But we don’t eat people,” Pip said finally, in a hurt voice. “We don’t eat meat at all.”

“Unlike Humans,” Roderick grumbled. “Humans will eat just about anything.”

“And we don’t make grunting noises,” said Malcolm.

“Of course not!” said Boone quickly. “These are just dumb old cards.”

“Do Humans really think we’re monsters?” Pip asked Boone.

“I guess some Humans do—” Boone started to say.

“Well, that’s just . . . that’s just . . . awful!” Pip said angrily, and she shoved her stack of cards back at Boone and stomped off.

“I dek bads eber day,” said Izzy before handing back his cards and walking away.

“What did he say?” asked Boone.

“He said, ‘I take baths every day,’” Hugo translated.

The other squidges left, too. Even Gigi quietly slipped away.

“Wait, guys . . . I don’t think Sasquatches are monsters!” Boone called out to them, but everyone pretended not to hear him.

Hugo put his arm around Boone’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry, Boone. They’ll get used to you. Remember, this is the first day a Human has ever gone to our school.”

And I hope it’s not the last day, too, Hugo couldn’t help thinking.

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