Michael hated cafeteria food. The tacos had no flavor and the spaghetti tasted like rubber. No matter how much Michael and his friends complained, nothing ever seemed to change. But one day, something unexpected happened.
As usual, Michael grabbed a taco, sat down with his friends and started chatting away. When he started eating his food, he heard a tiny scream coming from his tray. He looked down, blinked, and pinched himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming and then looked closer at his plate. His eyes widened but his scream was paralyzed by his fear. The taco was alive, taco sauce dripping from its mouth, beef spilling out its sides, legs and arms popping out, and its two dark blue eyes staring into Michael’s soul.
Michael dropped his fork, completely freaked out. He looked across the room and saw his girlfriend Sarah pointing at her tray screaming that her taco was alive too! The whole cafeteria went nuts! Between all the chaos, both of their tacos started sliding towards each other forming a giant taco monster.
Kids panicked, screaming and running away from the monster. With its giant arms, it started grabbing people. Michael had no choice but to grab his fork and started stabbing the taco until it started to turn into a normal taco again. The cafeteria fell silent, and everyone was astonished by what Michael had done.
After that day, everything changed. It turned out that the poor-quality food that caused this mess was because the school didn’t have the budget to buy better foods. The government stepped in and decided to raise the food budget to make sure that every school had fresh, delicious, safe food to serve.
Michael would never forget that day that his taco came to life.
Illustration by Austen, 7th Grade
