Chapter XVI
The search begins
"If she is here, then we'll find her the fastest when we disjoin", Littlefoot said and Ducky chattered her "Yep, yep, yep!" afterwards while she leaped out of the river and shook away the water. She had enjoyed the bath in the river because she had missed the water even more than the others since she was a swimmer. Spike nodded agreeing too, pleased because nothing seemed to be more important for Littlefoot now than to find Cera. Petrie cast a damper on their gladness: "But if she is not here?" Affected silence followed. In their enthusiasm they had not even took the possibility that Cera maybe wasn't here, into consideration. This valley had probably been Cera's purpose, but they couldn't be sure about that. Moreover they hadn't found any trails of Cera since the earthquake had wiped them out. And if Cera hadn't had as much luck as them...? They tried to supersede these thoughts. "I'm sure she is here and well", Littlefoot said, and it should sound calming, but it sounded pretty unsure. He forced himself to a smile, but it didn't look true too. He self and the others didn't forget their worries. Probably they would have been more optimistic if they had known that they were just at the same place where Cera had met Ali the day before. "Ducky, Spike, you search on this side of the river. Petrie and I will cross to the other side and seek there!" The others nodded and Ducky asked: "And where we are going to meet again?" "Here at this place. If you should find Cera, return here immediately. We'll return here latest when the sky changes it's color and the bright circle touches the ground." Ducky swung herself on Spike's back and he set in motion, towards the forest. Littlefoot turned round and waded through the shallow water while Petrie flew ahead.
Ali tried to abscond without calling attention on herself by looking to surreptitiously and bad conscienced. Busy doing was all over the resting place so nobody paid much attention to her. The old one was not in sight and her mother was somewhere at the other end of the resting place. The opportunity was good and Ali wanted to seize it. If anyone would cop her she would pretend to go to the river for a drink. For her relief nobody copped her. She turned aside slowly behind some brushwood till she was out of sight. First then she started to run.
The search begins
"If she is here, then we'll find her the fastest when we disjoin", Littlefoot said and Ducky chattered her "Yep, yep, yep!" afterwards while she leaped out of the river and shook away the water. She had enjoyed the bath in the river because she had missed the water even more than the others since she was a swimmer. Spike nodded agreeing too, pleased because nothing seemed to be more important for Littlefoot now than to find Cera. Petrie cast a damper on their gladness: "But if she is not here?" Affected silence followed. In their enthusiasm they had not even took the possibility that Cera maybe wasn't here, into consideration. This valley had probably been Cera's purpose, but they couldn't be sure about that. Moreover they hadn't found any trails of Cera since the earthquake had wiped them out. And if Cera hadn't had as much luck as them...? They tried to supersede these thoughts. "I'm sure she is here and well", Littlefoot said, and it should sound calming, but it sounded pretty unsure. He forced himself to a smile, but it didn't look true too. He self and the others didn't forget their worries. Probably they would have been more optimistic if they had known that they were just at the same place where Cera had met Ali the day before. "Ducky, Spike, you search on this side of the river. Petrie and I will cross to the other side and seek there!" The others nodded and Ducky asked: "And where we are going to meet again?" "Here at this place. If you should find Cera, return here immediately. We'll return here latest when the sky changes it's color and the bright circle touches the ground." Ducky swung herself on Spike's back and he set in motion, towards the forest. Littlefoot turned round and waded through the shallow water while Petrie flew ahead.
Ali tried to abscond without calling attention on herself by looking to surreptitiously and bad conscienced. Busy doing was all over the resting place so nobody paid much attention to her. The old one was not in sight and her mother was somewhere at the other end of the resting place. The opportunity was good and Ali wanted to seize it. If anyone would cop her she would pretend to go to the river for a drink. For her relief nobody copped her. She turned aside slowly behind some brushwood till she was out of sight. First then she started to run.