It was a Monday morning.

Ring-Ring! Joeytoad was woken up by his alarm clock. It was 7:00 am.

"Five more minutes, mommy." Joeytoad mumbled in his sleep.

Joeytoad woke up in an instant.

"Today is my first day of 2nd grade!" Joeytoad squealed.

Joeytoad was a young toad that always wore a white polo shirt with blue stripes and jeans.

Since Joeytoad's parents work middle class jobs, Joeytoad was neither rich nor poor.

"Joeytoad, breakfast's ready!" Joeytoad's mom called to him.

So Joeytoad got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast.

In the kitchen Joeytoad's mom was waiting for Joeytoad impatiently along with his little sister Emily. Emily always wore a pink overall dress with a white shirt under it. "What's for breakfast?" Joeytoad asked.

"Oatmeal!" Emily replied.

"Ewwww! Mom, why do you even bother to buy this stuff!?" Joeytoad complained.

"Because your older brother is going to get his braces tomorrow and he needs to practice eating mushy stuff." Joeytoad's mom replied in a

rather important tone of voice.

"Oh yeah," replied Joeytoad.

Joeytoad's big brother, Gregorytoad, was also entering 8th grade today.

Gregorytoad always wore a black T-shirt with crossbones on it

and ripped up jeans.

Joeytoad ate his Oatmeal.

At least it had blueberries in it. They're my favorite. Joeytoad thought

It was 7:30 am. At last it was time to explore the wonders of the 2nd grade.