Yoshi turned to the right after making his way downhill, getting closer and closer to his goal. Yoshi wondered how farther away he was from the lair of the Sauropod Forest's ruler, but time was truly determined in the case of reaching there before night kicked in. Yoshi was very determined, and he would not let time escape from his grasp.
Running as fast as his legs could provide, Yoshi was sure that he was close. It was then that Yoshi stopped in his tracks, to see that there were three small, red-and-yellow colored sauropods that bear sharp fangs. Worried, Yoshi tried to sneak past them, but with no luck as they all pounced onto him and started snapping at his body.
Sadly for Yoshi, the carnivorous sauropods did not stop snapping their sharp, beak-like mouths at him, and the green Yoshisaurus was forced to retreat within his protective, green-spotted egg. Yoshi then started rolling through the thick jungle foliage, towards the northern direction as the carnivorous sauropods gave chase, stomping the ground and leaving their tracks within the damp, muddy ground. Yoshi hid into the trunk of a cut tree, and he heard the carnivorous sauropods run off, enough for him to pull out his handy dandy red guide book, flipping through the pages and stopped to see two pages dedicated to the only carnivorous species of sauropods.
"Canibrunt, predatory long-necked reptilian," Yoshi read, as his eyes shifted from paragraph to paragraph, reading quietly to himself without disturbing the silence of the jungle, "Grow up to thirty seven feet in length and seven feet at height, they weight eight tons and have the agility of a flightless bird. Their toothless, beak-like mouths are enough to rip the shreds of meat off any of its prey..."
SMASH!! One of the three Canibrunts used its head to smash the trunk down, and Yoshi screamed as he fell. He noticed his guidebook, and tried to grab it, but it was snatched up and swallowed by the Canibrunts. Yoshi's face turned pale as he got up and started running, but the Canibrunt snapped him by the tail. Yoshi screamed in pain, jumping into the air and trying to flutter his way out, but no avail as the Canibrunt pulled back. Yoshi was sent crashing down onto the ground, and he couldn't get up, for the other Canibrunt was on his back, trying to poke at Yoshi's back, despite the small, red pad protecting him. Yoshi struggled, but he was on a tight grip of the Canibrunt, who continued holding on while the second Canibrunt managed to use its tail to whack the small, red pad away. Yoshi screamed as he started feeling pain, the Canibrunt on him pecking away. The third Canibrunt ran towards Yoshi and smashed into his face with its head, giving Yoshi great grief as his only tooth went flying into the clear, blue sky.
Yoshi was immobilized, being preyed upon by the Canibrunts. It was then that a golden-colored Star from the nearby shrubs suddenly appeared, and it shined brightly, catching the attention of the Canibrunts. However, the Star made its way into Yoshi, recovering his health and stamina. The Canibrunt on Yoshi wailed as Yoshi got up to his feet, and he faced all three of the Canibrunts, his eyes glowing with red-and-yellow hot flames as his body was shining brightly. The Canibrunts gulped, and they all started to flee, but Yoshi managed to grab two of the Canibrunts with his long, red tongue, which was even longer thanks to the power of the star. He swallowed them into his mouth, munched on them, and held the injured carnivorous sauropods within as he started running after the remaining Canibrunt. The Canibrunt turned to the right and made its way through the thorn-infested bushes and shrub, only to its shock and horror to see that Yoshi was closing in fast. Before it knew it, the Canibrunt crashed into a dead-end, which was a large, grayish colored boulder covered by the growing ferns, and it wailed in pain as it was on its back.
Yoshi stopped several feet away from the turned Canibrunt, and he fired the two Canibrunts within his mouth at the injured one, knocking all three of the small, carnivorous sauropods down unconscious. Yoshi grinned, and as his Star power started to fade away, he pulled out his worn, wet red guidebook from his mouth with his right hand, noticing how it was barely being digested by one of the Canibrunts. Using the last of the Star power to make it fresh and new again, Yoshi smiled as he grabbed his small red pad from the jungle foliage and placed it back onto his back, with the red guidebook going right inside. Pausing for a few minutes and looking up at the sky, seeing the sun bright its hot waves through the tall standing tropical and deciduous trees, Yoshi glanced towards the northern direction, and started running there, leaving behind the three unconscious Canibrunts.
