Chapter 2
I walked over a bridge, looking slightly happy. The bridge was over a mucky swamp, where old people rumored that these scary creatures lived in the swamp, eating any person or dinosaur who fell in.
Yeah right! I mean, rumors and legends-some are just made up. I hummed a little song, but hushed as I thought I heard a little slithering sound go under the bridge. Suddenly, the slimy sound popped out from under the low bridge, it's mighty head going through it. I screamed.
"Help!" I ran a little too hard, and I fell in a huge hole my feet in the mucky stuff. Suddenly, something was pushing me in, so I began sinking. "Help!" My nose was in the water now. What about the creatures?! My mind screamed. Someone, or something, grabbed my hand. Whatever it was, was pulling me out. I looked up-and it was a raptor looking dinosaur!
"Help!" I screamed again.
"Shh..shh.." said the dinosaur.
"You can talk?! You can talk? YOU CAN TALK!" I screamed. "Let go of me-"
"Princess Hazel, I am not going to hurt you," said the raptor looking dinosaur. "I am Carl, named after the brother of David. I am son of Zippo."
"Zippo? The dinosaur?" I asked. "And David has a brother?"
"Yes and yes," answered Carl. "Call me Carl Jr. because soon you will probably be meeting the real Carl."
"Okay, Carl Jr. Thanks for saving me, it was really nice of you. Tell Zippy I said hi."
"Zippo!" called Carl Jr. He followed me, telling me his favorite books, his favorite foods, (luckily he was an herbivore and was not a raptor) and about him. My skin felt mucky and gross. As we walked out of the forest, the sun was going down.
"Hazel!" I heard my mother's voice.
"What will the royal queen say when she see's me like this?" I asked Carl Jr.
"We'll see," he said, "I'll come with you so she won't yell at you." I nodded. We walked down a steep hill, me in the lead. I turned around. No Carl Jr.
"Carl Jr.?" I asked. No answer. "Carl Jr.? I'm telling your daddy!" No answer. Carl Jr. swung down from a tree and yelled "Boo!"
"Carl, Carl, Carl,' I said, and Carl Jr. added,
"Jr.!" I laughed a little and carried on. "Wow, look at that," I saw a huge longneck in the distance.
"Isn't it beautiful?" asked Carl Jr. sarcastically.
"Carl Jr.!" I said annoyed. I finally reached my "palace" place and Mother screamed when she saw my outfit. She smiled when she saw Carl Jr.
"Hello Carl," she said.
"Call me Carl Jr.," said Carl Jr., smiling back. Mother opened her mouth, pointing at me, so Carl Jr. explained what had happened.
"Uh." began Mother. She was about to yell at me, but then noticed Carl. Jr was still there, so she hugged me. I heard a loud banging outside. After Mother was done squeezing me to death, I walked outside.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"Do I know you?" asked whoever it was. "My name is Jay. I am your next door neighbor. And I'm uh.building something." Carl Jr. came out now.
"Princess Hazel," he began. "You are not to leave the building unattended. Clear?"
"Princess Hazel! I didn't recognize you," he said, looking at me from head to toe.
"Well, goodbye Jay," I groaned, grabbed Carl Jr.'s rough scaly arm and pushed him inside. I snuck back out a second later.
"Uh, hi again," I said embarrassed.
"Do you want to go out today? Tonight, I mean?" he asked. I had never been asked out before!
"Sure," I said happily. Collin walked out of Jay's house and froze.
"You live next door? I mean, you live in a palace next door-" he stammered. "I'm-uh Jay's brother."
"You're Jay's brother?! I mean, hello Collin." He bowed. I turned around for a second and looked disgusted. I turned back and looked cheerful again.
"So, tonight?" asked Jay, and I nodded. I heard Collin whisper something, and Jay nodded. Collin looked mad.
"Yes of course," I answered, looking at Collin. "Goodbye!" I said, and walked right back into the palace. I can't believe he asked me out! I mean, look at my clothes and the way Collin acted! Jay and I would be good friends I can see that now.
"Never again," panted Carl Jr. "Do I see you outside, dressed like that and unattended."
"Carl Jr., I may be a princess, but I've got rights," I said coolly. "Goodbye." I walked up the spiral staircase and into my room. I nearly fainted when I saw everything. A canopy bed, a closet as huge as my room back in America and all this other stuff.
Tonight was the night! And no way was any bodyguard going to follow me to this date! I will meet Jay at his house, and unfortunately, I found out Collin was coming. Well, tagging along. But that didn't annoy me! I was going out! Hurray! I thought. I opened my huge closet and looked inside. I got out a black dress, with pearls around the sides. I twirled around my huge room which was as huge as a ball room. I danced around and around, until Jay opened my door.
"Princess Hazel-"
"Call me Hazel," I interrupted. "Please."
"Okay, Hazel. Um, I thought it was late so I was going to pick you up here. Is that okay?"
"Yes! Now it's time to go. Okay with that?" I laughed. We linked arms and walked off. Collin followed us, looking glum.
"Go away, Collin," ordered Jay. "This is me and Hazel's date. Go get your own date. Can we have privacy?"
Collin sadly walked away. Then it struck me-Collin likes me! And Jay does too! What am I going to do?
During the date, I totally forgot about Collin, Mother, Father, and Carl Jr. All I was thinking about Jay. I liked Jay, but I didn't really like Collin the way he liked me. What was I going to do?!
I walked over a bridge, looking slightly happy. The bridge was over a mucky swamp, where old people rumored that these scary creatures lived in the swamp, eating any person or dinosaur who fell in.
Yeah right! I mean, rumors and legends-some are just made up. I hummed a little song, but hushed as I thought I heard a little slithering sound go under the bridge. Suddenly, the slimy sound popped out from under the low bridge, it's mighty head going through it. I screamed.
"Help!" I ran a little too hard, and I fell in a huge hole my feet in the mucky stuff. Suddenly, something was pushing me in, so I began sinking. "Help!" My nose was in the water now. What about the creatures?! My mind screamed. Someone, or something, grabbed my hand. Whatever it was, was pulling me out. I looked up-and it was a raptor looking dinosaur!
"Help!" I screamed again.
"Shh..shh.." said the dinosaur.
"You can talk?! You can talk? YOU CAN TALK!" I screamed. "Let go of me-"
"Princess Hazel, I am not going to hurt you," said the raptor looking dinosaur. "I am Carl, named after the brother of David. I am son of Zippo."
"Zippo? The dinosaur?" I asked. "And David has a brother?"
"Yes and yes," answered Carl. "Call me Carl Jr. because soon you will probably be meeting the real Carl."
"Okay, Carl Jr. Thanks for saving me, it was really nice of you. Tell Zippy I said hi."
"Zippo!" called Carl Jr. He followed me, telling me his favorite books, his favorite foods, (luckily he was an herbivore and was not a raptor) and about him. My skin felt mucky and gross. As we walked out of the forest, the sun was going down.
"Hazel!" I heard my mother's voice.
"What will the royal queen say when she see's me like this?" I asked Carl Jr.
"We'll see," he said, "I'll come with you so she won't yell at you." I nodded. We walked down a steep hill, me in the lead. I turned around. No Carl Jr.
"Carl Jr.?" I asked. No answer. "Carl Jr.? I'm telling your daddy!" No answer. Carl Jr. swung down from a tree and yelled "Boo!"
"Carl, Carl, Carl,' I said, and Carl Jr. added,
"Jr.!" I laughed a little and carried on. "Wow, look at that," I saw a huge longneck in the distance.
"Isn't it beautiful?" asked Carl Jr. sarcastically.
"Carl Jr.!" I said annoyed. I finally reached my "palace" place and Mother screamed when she saw my outfit. She smiled when she saw Carl Jr.
"Hello Carl," she said.
"Call me Carl Jr.," said Carl Jr., smiling back. Mother opened her mouth, pointing at me, so Carl Jr. explained what had happened.
"Uh." began Mother. She was about to yell at me, but then noticed Carl. Jr was still there, so she hugged me. I heard a loud banging outside. After Mother was done squeezing me to death, I walked outside.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"Do I know you?" asked whoever it was. "My name is Jay. I am your next door neighbor. And I'm uh.building something." Carl Jr. came out now.
"Princess Hazel," he began. "You are not to leave the building unattended. Clear?"
"Princess Hazel! I didn't recognize you," he said, looking at me from head to toe.
"Well, goodbye Jay," I groaned, grabbed Carl Jr.'s rough scaly arm and pushed him inside. I snuck back out a second later.
"Uh, hi again," I said embarrassed.
"Do you want to go out today? Tonight, I mean?" he asked. I had never been asked out before!
"Sure," I said happily. Collin walked out of Jay's house and froze.
"You live next door? I mean, you live in a palace next door-" he stammered. "I'm-uh Jay's brother."
"You're Jay's brother?! I mean, hello Collin." He bowed. I turned around for a second and looked disgusted. I turned back and looked cheerful again.
"So, tonight?" asked Jay, and I nodded. I heard Collin whisper something, and Jay nodded. Collin looked mad.
"Yes of course," I answered, looking at Collin. "Goodbye!" I said, and walked right back into the palace. I can't believe he asked me out! I mean, look at my clothes and the way Collin acted! Jay and I would be good friends I can see that now.
"Never again," panted Carl Jr. "Do I see you outside, dressed like that and unattended."
"Carl Jr., I may be a princess, but I've got rights," I said coolly. "Goodbye." I walked up the spiral staircase and into my room. I nearly fainted when I saw everything. A canopy bed, a closet as huge as my room back in America and all this other stuff.
Tonight was the night! And no way was any bodyguard going to follow me to this date! I will meet Jay at his house, and unfortunately, I found out Collin was coming. Well, tagging along. But that didn't annoy me! I was going out! Hurray! I thought. I opened my huge closet and looked inside. I got out a black dress, with pearls around the sides. I twirled around my huge room which was as huge as a ball room. I danced around and around, until Jay opened my door.
"Princess Hazel-"
"Call me Hazel," I interrupted. "Please."
"Okay, Hazel. Um, I thought it was late so I was going to pick you up here. Is that okay?"
"Yes! Now it's time to go. Okay with that?" I laughed. We linked arms and walked off. Collin followed us, looking glum.
"Go away, Collin," ordered Jay. "This is me and Hazel's date. Go get your own date. Can we have privacy?"
Collin sadly walked away. Then it struck me-Collin likes me! And Jay does too! What am I going to do?
During the date, I totally forgot about Collin, Mother, Father, and Carl Jr. All I was thinking about Jay. I liked Jay, but I didn't really like Collin the way he liked me. What was I going to do?!