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  One day, Mike Wazowski went to work at Monsters, Inc. His job was to make kids laugh. But Mike’s boss, Sulley, didn’t want Mike or the other monsters to visit any kids that day. Instead, he had an announcement that was going to make Mike’s life miserable!

  “Gentlemonsters,” began Sulley, “I have decided to send all Monsters, Inc. employees back to school for safety training.”

  Back to school? thought Mike. He remembered what school had been like when he was a kid—and that made him nervous.

  “I can’t do it, Sulley!” cried Mike. “I can’t go to school. What if I get lost? What if the new monsters don’t like me? What if there are ghosts?”

  “Calm down, Mikey,” said Sulley. “I have a plan to get you through this.”

  Sulley took Mike for a tour of school that afternoon. Classes were going to start the next day. They walked through the hallways and found Mike’s locker.

  Mike opened the door to see how big it was. Suddenly, something purple with giant fangs popped out! “Rrrr!” it said.

  “Aaaah!” Mike cried, jumping into Sulley’s arms.

  But then he realized it was just a monster from work. Mike smiled sheepishly and walked toward his classroom.

  “Let’s go meet your teacher,” Sulley suggested.

  “Roz?” exclaimed Mike when he walked in.

  “It’s Professor Roz to you, Wazowski!” she replied. “I’m running this training session.”

  But Mike wasn’t worried. He knew how to handle Roz. As long as he did his work, she wouldn’t give him a hard time.

  Some of Mike’s classmates were visiting the school, too.

  “Hey, Mike! Ready to hit the books?” said Frungus. “This is Ben from Laugh Floor C.”

  “Whoa!” Ben exclaimed, his eyes widening. He stared at something behind Mike.

  Mike stiffened, suddenly nervous. What could it be—a ghost?

  He turned around slowly, his eye closed.

  “Whoa!” Frungus cried. “Monsterrific!”

  That didn’t sound so bad. Mike opened his eye and found himself staring at the largest closet door he’d ever seen. A sign attached to it said, FOR DRILLS ONLY. Closet-door drills, Mike thought. That sounds like fun!

  That night, Sulley helped Mike go over his schedule and pack his schoolbag.

  “You know your way around the school, and you made some new friends already,” said Sulley. “You’re ready for training!”

  The next day, Mike had fun in class. Now that he was there, school didn’t seem so scary. Even Roz was impressed with him.

  Mike was making a lot of new friends, too. He was always helping his classmates with their work.

  One day, Mike did a safety demonstration in class. “Don’t use bananas in your jokes,” he warned. “You can slip on the peels!”

  Mike finished safety training at the top of his class. The fear of school was now behind him.

  “I’m proud of you, Googly Bear,” said his girlfriend, Celia.

  “It was a piece of cake,” said Mike with a laugh. “What can I say—school loves me!”

  “You’re riiiight!” a ghostly voice in back of him said.

  Mike whirled around to see … Sulley standing there smiling. “Did I scare you?” he asked.

  “Me, scared?” Mike replied. “Never.”

  Copyright © 2010 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

  “The Scary School” adapted from the book Monsters Get Scared of School, Too written by Melissa Lagonegro, illustrated by Atelier Philippe Harchy, and originally published by Random House, Inc. Copyright © 2004 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. Based on the movie Monsters, Inc. Copyright © 2001 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar.

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