4 Ch4-Wild Yak Attack

Chapter 4 Wild Yak Attack It was a candy machine! "We want candy!" everybody started chanting. "We want candy!" All the grown-ups came running over from wherever they were drinking coffee and talking about the weather. "We're not here to eat candy," Mr. Docker told us. "We're here to learn about dinosaurs and natural history." "I could learn a lot more about dinosaurs and natural history if I had candy," I told him. "No!"

Sheesh, what an old grouch! Mr. Docker probably knows a lot about dinosaurs because they were around when he was a kid. We were all grumbling about the candy when I suddenly noticed something out of the corner of my eye. It was even more amazing than a candy machine. It was a big, brown, hairy animal with horns and a hump on its back! It was standing very still right next to us. "What's that?!" Neil the nude kid asked. "I don't know," said Mrs. Daisy, who doesn't know anything. "It's a wild yak!" said Andrea, who knows everything. "I learned about it in my encyclopedia. Yaks live in Tibet." "That yak wasn't here a minute ago," said Michael. "Maybe it just walked over," said Emily. "It can't walk over, dumbhead," I said. "It's dead." Emily looked like she was going to cry. That girl will cry over any old thing.

"Hey, I think that wild yak just moved," said Neil the nude kid. "It didn't move," I told him. "It's stuffed, just like the bear." But just then the yak let out a weird yak sound. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" yelled all the boys. "EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!" yelled all the girls. I thought I was gonna die. Everybody was freaking out. That's when the wild yak threw off its wild yak fur. And do you know what was underneath? A lady! She had glasses, dark hair, and a pointy nose. On her belt were a walkie- talkie and a flashlight. "You must be the students from Ella Mentry School!" said the lady. "My name is Ms. Krup. I'll be your tour guide this evening." "I almost peed my pants!" said Ryan. "Sorry I scared you," Ms. Krup said. "I'm just so excited that you came to spend the evening with me in the museum. We're going to have so much fun! "Why are you wearing a wild yak fur?" asked Andrea.

"Well, the wild yak wasn't using it anymore," said Ms. Krup. "So I thought I would." That Ms. Krup lady is weird. Suddenly, the lights dimmed. "The museum is now closed," somebody announced. It was a little scary in the dark. Ms. Krup turned on her flashlight. We all gathered around her. "The museum is a magical place at night," she whispered as she gave each of us a name tag. "I'm going to take you on a journey. We're going to encounter some amazing creatures and see some incredible things. If you listen carefully, you can almost hear the sounds of the jungle, the forest, the desert, the mountains, and the ocean." "I don't hear anything," I said. "She said almost, dumbhead," Andrea told me. "Well, either you hear something or you don't," I said. "You can't almost hear something." "I wish I didn't hear you, Arlo."

I was going to say something mean to Andrea, but I didn't get the chance because a loud BLEEP came out of Ms. Krup's walkie-talkie. We all jumped. "Ms. Krup!" a voice said. "Tyrannosaurus rex is missing!" "I'm on it, Chief!" said Ms. Krup. "Kids, we've got to find Rexy! Are you ready to go on an adventure?" "Yes!" said all the girls. "Can we kill it?" asked all the boys. "It's already dead, Arlo!" said Andrea, rolling her eyes. "Tyrannosaurus rex has been extinct for sixty million years." "Your face stinks." I bet Ms. Krup was yanking our chain about that missing T. rex. Dead stuff can't run away. She was just trying to make the boring museum seem interesting. "Follow me!" she said.