10 Nomoresauruses

Chapter 10 NOMORESAURUSES "Yerghhh!" groaned Andrew, jerking his head away. "It smells like dead fish!" meep… "Gotta open mouth," said Thudd softly. "And gotta not talk. Gotta act like Quetzalcoatlus chick." "Do I have to?" whispered Andrew. "Yoop," whispered Thudd. "Um… Gack!" squawked Andrew. "Gack! Gack!" He flapped his arms, closed his eyes, and opened his mouth.

Something lumpy dropped onto his tongue. It was sandy, salty, and squishy. Andrew opened his eyes. The mother Quetzalcoatlus was using her beak to pick through the fuzz on her body. meep… "Scales of reptiles turn into fur for Quetzalcoatlus and feathers for birds," said Thudd. "Feather is just different kind of scale." Andrew spat the squishy stuff out of his mouth. A baby Quetzalcoatlus dove to eat it up. The mother Quetzalcoatlus spread her wings, leaned forward, and launched herself into the air.

"Holy moly!" yelled Andrew. "Get me out of here!" "You did a great job, Andrew!" said Winka, lowering the vines down to the nest. "Wrap this around your waist and we'll bring you up." Andrew twisted the vines around his middle and hung on with both hands as Winka, Judy, and Beeper pulled. "Thanks!" he said as he tugged himself over the edge. "Well," sighed Winka. "We'd better get back to the Time-A-Tron before one of you gets yourself adopted—or eaten—by some giant reptile." Just then, the big purple button in the middle of Thudd's chest popped open. A beam of purple light zoomed out. But Uncle Al wasn't at the end of it. "Oh no!" said Judy. "It's Doctor Kron-Tox again!" tick… tock… tick… tock…

"Hello, Dubbles, And Winka, too. You can't see me, But I see you. Do you know The Earth's in trouble? And so are you, My little Dubbles! The rock that ends The dinos' day Is coming now, It's on its way. How sad you're stuck In such a fix. You're at the end Of all your tricks. But please don't fret, My little pups. I'll soon be there To scoop you up!

HA HA HA HA HA!" tick… tock… tick… tock… Winka scanned the sky. "I don't see anything yet," she said. "But Doctor Kron-Tox has telescopes. We'd better get going. Where's the Time-A-Tron?" "It's beyond a big pond of quicksand," said Judy. "Next to a Tyrannosaurus nest." "Ah!" said Winka. "I know the place, and I know a shortcut. Let's go." Winka led them downhill to a place where the cliff wasn't far from the valley below. Winka used the vine rope to lower them down, then she climbed down herself. "There's something we have to do before we go back," said Andrew. "We must leave as soon as possible," said Winka. "We're far from where the asteroid will crash, but the explosion will start huge forest fires even here. Tsunami waves could flood this place." Andrew nodded. "I know," he said, "but an owl escaped from the Time-A-Tron when we landed.

We're not supposed to leave anything here." Beeper pulled the DNA Detector out of his pocket. Winka cocked her head. "Professor Dubble and I invented the DNA Detector together," she said. "It's quite handy." Andrew punched in "northern pygmy owl" and pressed the Find It button. ping… ping… ping… "3,000 Feet" blinked the display. They trudged through the ferns and bushes. They crossed over Tyrannosaurus tracks. "2,000 Feet" blinked the display. The landscape started to look familiar. "1,000 Feet" blinked the display. "I see one of the Time-A-Tron's fins!" said Winka. She was tall enough to see above the ferns. "The DNA Detector says the owl is only three hundred feet away!" said Andrew. They ran to the Time-A-Tron. It was still leaning against the Tyrannosaurus nest.