The Hungry Dragon

The Hungry Dragon is a cartoon adaption of the book I'm Hungry by Jorge Martín. It is an American-Canadian program produced by Nelvana and Nickelodeon The cartoon shares some similarities with the elements of the book, such as the baby dragon going on a hungry rampage to satisfy her appetite.

Premise
A newly hatched baby dragon gets separated from his mother, she ends up in a small town and goes on a rampage to sate her appetite but trouble comes as she grows and the friends she makes that are protecting her aren't helping with her diet.

Plot
On a mountain in a cave somewhere in the forest, a dragon is taking care of her egg. She hears some rustling and realizes her baby is gonna hatch soon. She flies off to search for food. A mouse comes by with his cheese, he spots the egg rustling and inspects. The rustling egg rolls out of its nest and out the cave. The mouse gets scared off and takes his cheese with him. The egg rolls down the mountain and lands softly on a crate full of fish. The fisherman comes by and sees the egg out of nowhere, he thought to sell it for extra money and takes it with the crate full of fish. At a vendor, the fisherman offers the egg to a farmer, where he thinks the kids would make like it. The farmer takes it back to the farm with his wife and kids waiting. The older son and youngest daughter are given the egg, the farmer explains to take care of it as the farmer never saw something like this and plans on entering it to the contest. The kids didn't seem pleased but the son offers to look after it.

The brother and sister enter the barn, started to argue what to do with the egg and how to take care of it. As they argue, the egg rustles again. The siblings stop to see cracks forming on the egg. A baby dragon comes out and breathes fire, the siblings scream in terror and hide. The sister looks to see the dragon gone. The two looked around to see the baby dragon hiding in hay. Realizing the dragon is scared, the sister thinks they should take care of it but the brother thinks they should tell their parents. The sister offers her hand, the dragon is nervous but leans closer. The dragon slowly comes over to hug the girl and says "I'm hungry." Baffled that she could talk, the siblings wonder what to feed her.