Mmm that salty air smells so delicious today. Before I left this morning, Papa told me, "Pteresa, there's no time for stopping until you've mastered your loop-de-loop." and "No fast food! You don't want to spoil your appetite." We're having squid tonight, I think. Okay, let's try this. One two Loo-ooop and Darn! So close! Mmm I can't help but smell the fish when I swoop down after one loop.
That's unfair! I can see my friends, Grace the Gryposaurus and Wayne the Wannanosaurus. They are wading in the river, scooping up fish! They don't have wings because they are dinosaurs. Grace is letting her fish go, because she is a vegetarian. I wave to them as I fly past, but I think they are too busy flirting. Ah, well. Let's try that again. One two Loo-ooop and Dang! I'll never get it just right!
There comes that smell again. It's stronger. And sweeter! Maybe I'll just drift on down for a quick bite. I swoop into the cave. Oh, it's so sticky and dark and oh! This must be Ceratop Cave! Johnny Rex and Charlotte the Carcharodontosaurus live here. They are so mean! My best friend is Trick the Tropeognathus. He had a girlfriend named Angela the Anurognathus. She was small and feisty, like me. Johnny Rex stole Angela from Trick and I tried to find her, but Rex found me first. He said he'd take me away if he found me trespassing again.
I'm just gonna turn around and fly out of here. 'Kersplat!' Uh-oh! One of my wings just smacked the ground. Double uh-oh. Charlotte is staring at me. 'Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!' I am flapping my wings really fast. Faster than I ever had before. Triple uh-oh. I see Johnny Rex. He is chasing me. I am still very young so I cannot fly very high yet. I can fly around the top of Johnny's neck. I may be small, but I am fast. 'Vroom!' What was that!? Oh!
"Hey, Pteresa!" Cho the Cearadactylus hollers. "Need some help?"
Cho is younger than me but bigger and stronger. I nod and he flies back to Johnny so I can rest my wings. He flies around and around Johnny's head, making him dizzy.
"Don't want to alarm you," Trick flies up next to us. "But Johnny's back to normal and he's coming RIGHT FOR US!"
Cho, Trick and I start flapping again. A thin crease is suddenly before us. That's the ticket home! Cho lands a perfect spiral loop-de-loop and so does Trick.
"Just make a spiral and glide!" Trick calls. "Trust me!"
I do trust him. One two I take a breath and spiral. I plunge into the air and loop-de-
loop. I made it to the other side. 'Boom!' And Johnny just crashed into the rock. I made it. Johnny Rex is a bad predator to pterosaurs like my friends and me. He also terrorizes other dinosaurs, like Grace and Wayne. We are easy prey to him, but not today. I rely on my instincts and stick with my friends!
Let me know how you like it so I'm not totally antsy about my teacher's review (and my grade).