He touched the
grape. Taffy? he th
be connected to the
Alexander looked
He gasped. Purple
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Alexander closed
made sense now: th
candy, the smashed
stuck to his shoe.
He couldn’t wait
9CHAPTER
BATTL
PLAN
Alexander whipp
I found the monster
said. “It’s a piñata
pages to Rip and
“Here, I’ll show
over the map of
on the back.
CHAPTER FOLLO
10
LEADE
The B
the woods.
after a
and
six-l
“Are we there y
“Not far now,”
“But how will w
Alexander put o
Nikki to bonk hea
“Uh, that should
Through the B
Alexander could se
broken fences, and
was stamped with
to Stermont Elem
CHAPTER DON’T
11
YOUR
GRRRAAAAARR!”
“I don’t think it
“What’s it doing?
“I think it’s . . .
The P-rex picked
pushed it around lik
“Hmm . . .” sa
move now, while i
Battle Burro’s neck
The Burro’s head
The P-rex tossed
over to the Battle
the Burro’s head.
The monster’s
peepholes. The insid
Alexander tugged
in the Battle Burr
jaw. The Battle Bu
smiled.
CHAPTER BLIND
12
The P-rex looke
creature at its feet.
piñata, and the he
Alexander’s cheek
flying jellybeans. Th
above what was lef
stomp.
“ATTACK!” Alexan
Alexander, Rip,
costume.
Rip and Nikki p
their eyes. They e
Then they ran i
their sticks like
Alexander circled
to his blindfolded
“Rip, swing left!
The P-rex didn’t
around, nearly swip
“Salamander?!”
“GAHHH!” Alexand
squeezed him in it
The monster lift
to its open mouth.
P-rex’s breath sm
like the inside of
a trick-or-treat
bag: mint and
Alexander kicked
Colorful bits of pap
The P-rex looked
Alexander shoute
loud monster reall
can shred it!
Rip found N
attack
bac
CHAPTER KER-
13
PLOO
“Salamander,” sai
your birthday party
Suddenly, Rip
The candy-saurus
Nikki. At the end o
size of a boulder.
jawbreaker crushed
CHAPTER PLAYT
14
“Look at those
said Nikki.
“It is scary loo
of slow.”
Alexander turned
bring this thing do
He sprinted acr
up the slide.
“Hey, fossil face
CRONK! A hunk
kneecap.
The monster too
Rip pumped his
he yelled.
Then Rip jumped
opposite end flew
monster in the jaw
It smacked th
with its tail. WHAP
twirled on its c
Rip in place.
“Leave him al
Nikki. She sailed
swing set, kicking
peanut-brittle tee
CHAPTER STOMP
15
AND
Careful, Salam
cried Rip, tied to
Alexander looke
metal dome. Every
wrecked. Except f
Candy-cane cla
through the bars.
its red gummy to
GRARRRRR!
The candy-saurus
jungle gym.
Alexander scram
bars just as —
the jungle gym.
Alexander sprin
saurus’s legs. He sk
Alexander looke
red eyes. “Take yo
GRAH-HA-HAAAR!
The candy-saurus
Then it swung its
WHOOSH!
Alexander ducked
wind as the jawbre
CHAPTER FEELIN
16
ANTSY
A gazillion ants
streamed out of
The candy-saur
gone. The ants h
the entire monste
snout to tail. All
left was a single
“I wonder why
Nikki.
Rip picked it up
and — GLOMP! —
“I guess we’ll
took the notebook
“YOU THREE!” s
Ms. Vanderpants
playground.
“Explain yourselv
“Um, sorry, M
said Alexander. H
to his friends. “W
were just leaving.”
They got out o
there.
“Pest problem?!”
about? And besides
us! We saved the
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