The crickets stopped chirping in the night and stars filled the entire sky. The campfire was still going keeping everyone warm still. "So Diego, Sid, and I along with Roshan followed the crazy Dodo, which lead us to a lot of Dodos which seemed as if they we're at a boot camp. So just in case. We all hid just to be sure." Manfred said.
"And one was the leader, where it was saying. I don't know, but I've been told, and then the other Dodos said it." Sid said.
"I never knew Dodos would act as if they we're soldiers." Sam said.
"Maybe, Dodos aren't that dumb as I thought they we're." Clover said.
"Clover. The reason many people including you think Dodos we're stupid was because of their name and they we're fearless of humans. This lead people to think of them that way. So truthfully. Dodos might of been pretty smart birds." Sam said.
"Let Manfred, Sid or Diego keep telling, then maybe we will get to know what a Dodo's intellect was?" Martin said.
Diana, Java, Clover, Sam, Alex, Ellie, Crash, Eddie, Peaches, Buck, Momma, Papa, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko all nodded and agreeing. Letting Manfred, Sid, and Diego get back to the story. "So, then after the Dodo leader finished with the whole group of other Dodos. He then yelled Prepare for the Ice Age!" Sid said.
"And I unlike Sid, and Manny here. I knew more about these Crack pots." Diego said.
"Then what?" Alex said.
"So, as we kept hiding. The Dodo who took the melon from us came by putting it on this stump with two other melons and then told them all there we're intruders starting to act as if he was crazy running around." Manfred said.
"We're the Dodo referring to you three?" Ellie said.
"Yes, he was." Sid said.
"Funny thing is the Dodo wasn't paying attention to where he was going and fell into a boiling pit of mud." Manfred said.
"That had to suck." Crash said.
"Couldn't agree more." Eddie said.
"Poor, poor thing. It's in a better place now though." Buck said.
"That's a death I wouldn't want my life to end like." Clover said.
"He, he. Dodos funny." Peaches said.
"Dodos are funny." Java said.
Momma, Papa, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko laughed agreeing with Peaches and Java. "Now what happened?" Martin said.
"We came out from hiding and made our way towards the Dodos and I asked if we could have the melon back." Manfred said.
"The Dodo leader though said no though saying these three melons are their private stock pile for the Ice Age and that sub-arctic temperatures will force them underground for a million or billion years." Diego said.
"Three melons? They must be crazy." Martin said.
"Yeah.......I don't think three melons would be enough for them to last that long. They would need like. I don't know....probably thousands or dozens." Diana said.
"Mind if I speak, Manny, and Diego?" Sid said.
"Sure, Sid." Manfred said.
"We're taking turns. Tell everyone what happened next then." Diego said.
"Well, the Dodos then all walked towards us trying to corner us saying Doom on you, doom on you. Manny then said get away from me, which he should of meant get away from us." Sid said.
"I wasn't think at that time, Sid. I'll take over this. So to try and keep Roshan protected. I began whipping my trunk to get those insane Dodos away." Manfred said.
"I'll tell you this, but I totally like agree with you on that one Manfred. These Dodos are whacked in the head." Clover said.
"No, duh. The Dodo leader fell off the melon he was guarding and it rolled directly towards Sid who was holding Roshan." Manfred said.
"This, is when things suddenly began to go totally bonkers." Diego said.
"What began to go bonkers?" Ellie said.
"If Manny doesn't mind, could I speak next." Diego said.
"Knock yourself out, Diego. You know what, how about this. The three of us can tell what happens for each time we speak." Manfred said.
"Okay." Sid said.
"Fine by that." Diego said.
"Alright good. Now to the story once again." Manfred said.
"So, the Dodo leader shouted Receive the Melon! Then saying Taekwondodos attack! As he and other Dodos went into the air before landing onto the ground. Sid and I stepped to both sides with Manfred." Diego said.
"Taekwondodos?" Clover said.
"Dodos knew Martial Arts?.......Aw! That's so cute!" Alex said.
"They think they did, but these Dodos we're complete idiots. One of them attack, but only to end up hitting a another of the Dodos. Then a other doing the same to a another one. This Dodo then kicked the Melon out of Pinky's hands, where then a line of these Dodos began to kick the melon back to the stump, however it ended up falling over the cliff's edge." Diego said.
"Then, one of the Dodos said. The Melon! He shouted looking over the cliff's edge. Several other Dodos gasped all running to the edge of the cliff." Sid said.
"They kept saying the melon over and over again following the melon jumping off of the cliff." Manfred said.
"No, wonder why Dodos became extinct not because of us Humans. It's official Sam. Dodo's we're stupid." Clover said.
"Maybe I was wrong this whole time, everyone isn't always right. That was just what I thought about Dodos." Sam said.
"So, I thought maybe I could get one of the melons. I snuck my way there grabbing the melon, but those Dodos notice. A few of them made me let go of the melon and it was going to fall into the boiling mud pit, but those Dodos attempted to catch it with their beaks shouting Got it a few times before they slipped falling in.....along with the second melon." Sid said.
"So there was one melon left." Diego said.
"Did, you get the last melon or didn't?" Clover said.
"Just wait. I grabbed the last melon until the Dodos came at me. Once again the melon flew out of my hands, but luckily. Manny here caught it with his trunk." Sid said.
"And a Dodo got sidetracked by Manny's tail and bit it." Diego said.
"Ouch!" Clover, Sam, and Alex said.
"Ouch is right." Martin said.
"Would of hate to be you." Diana said.
"Did it hurt, Manny?" Ellie said.
"Uh, what do you think, Ellie." Manfred said.
"That would be a yes." Ellie said.
"Um, yeah." Manfred said.
"Dodos funnier than before. He he." Peaches said.
Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko who we're sitting near their parents Momma and Papa chuckled agreeing with Peaches once again. "Ha, ha. A Dodo bit your tail, Manny." Crash said.
"Ha, ha. I agree." Eddie said.
"Keep laughing about it, or maybe Diego here will bite your tails, then you can see the pain." Manfred said.
"Don't pick on, Manny or that's a punishment you both will be getting." Diego said.
Crash and Eddie went speechless noticing Diego looking at them mischiefly sticking up to Manfred. "That's right......Anyway letting go of the melon. It bounced on the Dodo's head, then a another, and another before flying back to Sid who caught it." Manfred said.
"That's when the Dodos everywhere stomped their feet and I had no other choice, but to do this." Sid said.
"Do what, Sid?" Buck said.
"I took out my hand and ran into the crowd of Dodos. Hitting any that tried stopping me. I ducked to avoid a few of them landing defeated on top of each other. The remaining Dodos charged towards me and the only way for me to get out of the crowd was by leaping into the air as high as I could landing to the ground with the melon not broken." Sid said.
"I was impressed with Sid." Manfred said.
"That was like football if you tell me." Alex said.
"That is until Sid who kept jumping in victory made the melon fall to the ground smashed. I thought because of this. We now had to find more food, but our minds changed when Roshan began to eat it." Diego said.
"Thank goodness, we notice." Sid said.
"Sid, you went through all that for Roshan. Talk about braverly. I thought I was brave." Buck said.
"We all are, but not as much as you." Sid said.
"So, what about those remaining Dodos? Did they try to stop you all again?" Sam said.
"No, we all watched as the remaining Dodos we're all stacked on top of each other struggling to keep hold of each other. They kept saying things like right, and left until they we're actually going the wrong way before tumbling down the cliff. One Dodo though manage to keep his balance, but not for long before losing it and falling down." Manfred said.
"Idiot much." Clover said.
"I never knew, Dodos would be this stupid." Ellie said.
"Dodos idiots!" Java said.
"Their choice. Too bad for them." Manfred said.
"Anything else happened?" Sam said.
"Once, Roshan was done eating. We continued our journey to find Roshan's tribe." Manfred said.
"But, we soon saw it was getting dark and stopped for the night. I decided to go out for something, while Manny here would sleep with Roshan." Sid said.
"What did you go out for?" Alex said.
"For something to eat." Sid said.
"As Sid went to get something. I kept Roshan close to me with my trunk wrapped around him and told him not to get used to it. I looked at Diego. Still not trusting him." Manfred said.
"Still didn't trust Diego huh?" Diana said.
"Just couldn't be sure. I knew he was hiding something." Manfred said.
"Would of imagined." Martin said.
"I could tell from the look on Manny's face that he knew I was up to something." Diego said.
"Now then. As I went to find something to eat. I tried to get through this tree branch by pushing it, which then smacked me causing myself to fall onto the ground." Sid said.
"That really must of hurt." Buck said.
"And funny too." Crash said.
"What Crash says. I think the same." Eddie said.
"So I thought the tree was a foe and tried to take it on. I punched the tree only to find a little hole pulling out what was an acorn. Finally I found something to eat, but before I could eat it. A Scrat attacked me taking the acorn before the little guy shook his fist at me for trying to eat the acorn." Sid said.
"Guess he was keeping his acorn in a safe place, until you found it." Sam said.
"Sid, are you talking about those squirrels we all see at that Oak Tree back in Beverly Hills sometimes." Clover said.
"I believe so." Sid said.
"The same ones, that we're frozen in ice with all of us, and Rudy except they now have five pups." Martin said.
"So those two Scrats went all the way then. I mean how else would they have kids then" Sid said.
"Sid, don't say that! There are kids here!" Diego said.
Sid heard what Diego said and looked at Peaches, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko realizing that the four of them shouldn't hear about this stuff until they get older. Sid looked back at Diego. "Oh, right sorry." Sid said.
"Back to the Diego and I. So I found a spot to sleep. Wasn't close to Diego since I still wasn't trusting him. Roshan played with this rock before I told him it was bedtime. I looked at Diego for a moment who seemed to be sleeping." Manfred said.
"I came back and asked Roshan how about a kiss goodnight, but already he was asleep." Sid said.
"Aw, Sid. You sure we're caring for Roshan we're you." Ellie said.
"I was actually talking to Manny." Sid said.
Martin, Diana, Java, Clover, Sam, Alex, Diego, Ellie, Crash, Eddie, Peaches, Buck, Momma, Papa, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko all laughed. "Sid!? We're you being serious about that." Alex said giggling.
"Yes." Sid said.
"And you really thought I would give you a kiss goodnight. Sid....seriously." Manfred said.
"Well I wanted to comfort ever since my family abandoned me on that morning. So I went to a rock to sleep on." Sid said.
"Sid, thought was making so much noise trying to get himself relaxed. So I told him to stop it and he did. With that we then all went to sleep." Manfred said.
"What happened in the morning?" Sam said.
"Well-" Manfred said not finishing as Diego spoke.
"Actually, Manny and Sid. There's more." Diego said.
"What do you mean?" Manfred said.
"Well.....you havn't knew about this, but when you all fell asleep. That was when I was actually fake sleeping." Diego said.
"Huh, wait? What do you mean....fake sleeping." Sid said.
"Diego are you telling us something you that you did?" Manfred said.
"......Yes....I thought it was the right time. So I quietly made my way towards Roshan and you hopefully to take him." Diego said.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold it! You're saying you tried to take Roshan and I didn't wake up to notice!?" Manfred said.
Sid looked at Diego with his jaw dropped for the fact he was shocked from this. "Sometimes, Diego......I don't even know you!" Sid said disgusted.
"Yeah, yeah. Say what you like Sid." Diego said.
"So, Diego. You tried taking Roshan to bring back to Soto. Did you manage to do it?" Buck said.
"Did you successfully take him?" Crash said.
"Come on, tell us." Eddie said.
"Let Diego speak." Sam said.
Sam looked at Diego. "Go on, Diego. So what was the next thing to happen." Sam said.
"Well, I thought I finally was going to get Roshan until hearing a noise in the bushes." Diego said.
"What was it?" Diana said.
"I assumed it was Dire Wolves. Those canines are rivals of my kind. That is if they are still alive today?" Diego said.
"Along with Mammoths, Smilodons and Ground Sloths like the three of you. Some Dire Wolves are still alive you know where since we've been always telling you, but their population isn't as high as the Mammoths, Smilodons, and Ground Sloths. Their might be only about forty five or seventy three left." Sam said.
"New to hear once again." Diego said.
"So, what was it that we're in those bushes?" Clover said.
"I'm getting to that now. I thought it was Sid until hearing a the noise again. So I made my way there to see what it was jumping over the hill pouncing on it......only to find out it was Zeke." Diego said.
"Zeke? One of the Smilodons from your pack? Right, Diego. I can't remember." Sam said.
"Yep. I got off Zeke, and then heard Oscar. I asked them what they we're doing here. They told me our leader Soto was getting tired of waiting and said come back with Roshan or don't come back at all." Diego said.
"Diego, just like your leader Soto. I think Zeke and Oscar are monsters as well." Alex said.
"What because they we're like Soto?" Diego said.
"No for the fact they seem cold hearted as well." Alex said.
"I see, so then I told them I will be bringing them a baby and then said.......and tell him I'm bringing a Mammoth." Diego said.
"Wait! Diego!? You mean that you planned that whole Mammoth thing?" Manfred said.
"Yeah, it was just because you know. The whole thing about Soto replacing me if I failed. You know I'm very sorry." Diego said.
"I know you're sorry. Don't sweat it, though. It's just you never told me this happened." Manfred said.
"Well until now I did. So, Zeke wanted to get Manfred but I said not yet. With that Zeke ran away, but Oscar looked at me before walking away. I then went back to sleep still planning the whole thing." Diego said.
"Why didn't you still try to get Roshan still though?" Crash said.
"I was too tired." Diego said.
"Oh." Crash said.
"With that done. How about Manfred here starts how the morning began." Diego said.
"Okay, so I woke up this morning and." Manfred said still talking.
Everyone kept their attention to Manfred as he began telling what was happening next. As Martin, Diana, Java, Clover, Sam, Alex, Ellie, Crash, Eddie, Momma, Papa, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko we're as always in the night and at the campfire all kept listening to Manfred, Sid, and Diego who will be keep on taking turns. Right now, everyone listened to Manfred who was telling them all now until either Sid or Diego wants to take over and speak about what happens in their story as they we're still telling everyone the story about what's going to happen in it next and just sat down quietly letting them continue their story.
