Where was Pato for the first month of school? It’s a Very Long Story. You see, it all started a long time ago. He was walking in the mountains of Chile when…

As you may already know, Chapter 2 of this story is where we first meet the monster Fluphball. There is a monster under the bed, and at first, Pato is scared; but then they chat, and it turns out that Fluphball is pretty nice. Pato is in the middle of looking for the door to EcuaDOR, and decides to ask for Fluphball’s help. The monster is curious and ends up going with Pato.

In second grade, students meet another character named Bob the Beetle. The stories begin to intersect when the monster Fluphball innocently takes Bob’s jacket in order to complete his Jacket Collection. But Bob is very cold without his jacket, and wants it back!

Bob the Beetle makes so much money by selling his collection of jackets on Amazon, that he is suddenly very rich. He buys a Volkswagon Bug (aka Beetle) along with some very fancy shoes, and asks if Pato would like to join him on a hike across the country. It is a very famous hike called El Camino de Santiago.

While walking, the two catch wind of news making all of the headlines in the paper: Evil Onion Steals Princess’ Slippers.

Pato has been obsessing over the Spanish masterpiece Don Quijote during the walk, and is very motivated to “save the world” when he hears this (just like the main character in the novel).