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* WomanAreWiser: Jayna is stated on the back of the book as "The Clever One."

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* NervousWreck: Bumsie is stated on the back of the book as "The Nervous One."



* TheSmartGuy: Peo is stated on the back of the book as "The Practical One."




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[[caption-width-right:350:You know what else is delicious?]]

->''Three goats out on a daring mission.''

->''One {{Chupacabra}} out on an empty stomach.''

->''Zero chance of their encounter going smoothly.''

''The Chupacabra Ate The Candelabra'' is a piece of ChildrensLiterature written Creator/MarcTylerNobleman and illustrated by Creator/AnaAranda. It's a ShortStory about three goats; Jayna, Bumsie and Pep, and they're attempt to keep the {{Chupacabra}} from eating them. It was first published in 2017.

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!! This book provides examples of:
* BalloonBelly: The chupacabra gets one at the end of the book.
* BigShadowLittleCreature: The chupacabra unwittingly casts a few.
* {{Chupacabra}}: A purple chupacabra appears as a threat to the goats[[spoiler:, he actually isn't]].
* {{Dedication}}: Marc to Rafael and Ana to Ro.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The chupacabra likes to eat candelabras (chandeliers [[note]]Though it looks more like a candle stick holder.[[/note]]) and cucarachas (cockroaches)[[spoiler:, ironically does not like to eat them together and upon trying it declares it gross]].
* ScaryShadowFakeout: Along with BigShadowLittleCreature, several of the chupacabra's shadows look quite sinister.
* ShoutOut: Quite a few.
** The endpapers has the chupacabra playing with dolls from other myths; which appear to be [[StockNessMonster The Loch Ness Monster]], [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]], [[KrakenAndLeviathan the kraken]] and a [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fairy]].
*** The fairy supposedly is one to the book ''Fairy Spell''.
** The lead goat is named Jayna, which is a ShoutOut to ComicBook/WonderTwins according to the author.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The chupacabra's favorite food is [[spoiler:cheese]], his second is cucarachas (cockroaches) and third is candelabras (chandeliers [[note]]Though it looks more like a candle stick holder.[[/note]]).

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