Ryers Readers - We Don’t Eat Our Classmates

Episode Date: September 30, 2022

Penelope Rex was super excited for her first day of school. But, how was she supposed to make friends with kids who were too delicious not to eat?!

Let's do this! Thank you so much for tuning into today's story. Don't forget to rate and follow so you never miss out on all the Ryers' readers' fun. Before we get into the story, do you want to know a fun fact? Did you know, Goldfish can recognize people's faces? Goldfish can also tell the difference between shapes, colors, and sounds. Pretty cool, huh? Okay, story time. Today, we are going to read, We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins.

Hey, kids, you will never be eaten by a T.Rex. They are extinct, I promise. Penelope Rex was nervous. It's not every day a little T. Rex starts school. What are my classmates? classmates going to think. What are they going to be like? Will they be nice? How many teeth will they have? This was very important. Penelope's mom brought her a new backpack with ponies on it. Pony's were Penelope's favorite, because ponies are delicious. Penelope's dad packed her a lunch of three

hundred tuna sandwiches and one apple juice. Finally, the big day came, and Penelope Rex was very surprised to find out that all of her classmates were children! So she ate them, because children are delicious. Penelope Rex, said Mrs. Noodleman, we don't eat our classmates. Please spit them out. at once. So she did. It was not the best way to start school. Still, Penelope was determined to have a good first day. She tried hard to make friends at recess. She finger-painted some of her best work. She even saved Griffin Emory a seat at lunch. Penelope started to notice everyone was making friends but her. It was

lonely. When she got home, her dad asked about her first day of school. I didn't make any friends, Penelope cried. None of the children wanted to play with me. Penelope regs, her father asked. Did you eat your classmates? Well, maybe sort of just a little bit. Sometimes it's hard to make friends, said her dad. especially if you eat them. You see, Penelope, children are just the same as us inside, just tastier. That gave Penelope a lot to think about. The next day, Penelope tried really hard.

But poor Penelope, she could not stop herself from eating her classmates. Mrs. Noodleman, Penelope ate William Momoto again. And they were all afraid of her. Except Walter. Walter was a goldfish. So Penelope tried to make friends with him. Will you be my friend? Jump! Cried Penelope.

Once Penelope found out what it was like to become someone's snack, she lost her appetite for children. She stopped eating her classmates, even when Cece Woodman spilled barbecue sauce all over herself. And soon, Penelope made friends. Wanna brownie? I helped make them. Now, even when children look especially delicious, she peeks at Walter and remembers what it's like when someone tries to eat you. And Walter, the goldfish, stares right back at her. and licks his lips.

Because dinosaurs are delicious. The end. Don't forget to stick around to see if you can answer today's paying attention question. Before you go, do you think you can answer today's paying attention question? Penelope's dad packed her 300 tuna sandwiches for lunch. How many apple juice boxes do you? did he pack? If your answer was one, you did it! Great job! You sure were paying attention! I hope you enjoyed that story! I wonder what we're going to read next.