The Egg Travels

Meanwhile, back at the nest site, an Anzu spotted the lone Triceratops egg, snatched it up in his beak, and scurried into the forest. Before long, he found what looked like the perfect spot to break the egg open. He set the egg down on a rock and found a nearby stone. Just as he picked the stone up in his beak, the egg rolled down a hill, into a river. The hungry dinosaur screeched in frustration.


As the egg floated downstream, a giant salamander spotted it and tried to eat it, only to discover that it wasn't to his taste, so he promptly spat it out.


Further downriver, an Ankylosaurus lay asleep on the bank, while some tiny Alvarezsaurs picked at his tough armored hide. Suddenly, the egg resurfaced, catching their attention. The curious little dinosaurs didn't notice the Ankylosaurus stirring. The low-slung herbivore got up, causing the smaller dinosaurs to scamper away.


As the egg flowed further downstream, it passed a herd of Edmontosaurus, having a drink. On the opposite bank, stood a giant Pterosaur: Quetzalcoatlus. With her razor-sharp vision, she spotted the egg and picked it up in her beak. She then rocked backward, and using her vast, leathery wings as vaulting poles, she launched herself into the air. She then swooped down towards the bottom of a waterfall before she leveled out and soared over a deep canyon, where hundreds of dinosaurs foraged. The Quetzalcoatlus flew under an Alamosaurus' tail before gliding off a cliff toward a nearby island. As she was about to land on a cliff, a pair of seabirds started harassing her, causing her to drop the egg into the forest below.


The egg landed on the branch of a redwood tree, which was home to a clan of squirrel-like Purgatorius. Upon seeing the egg, they scampered away and stared at it from a distance.

Three more members of the clan. Their leader, Yar, his daughter, Plio, and his son, Zini, made a cautious approach. Plio peeked through some ferns and spotted the egg on the end of the tree branch.

"Yar, what is it?" asked Zini.

"I don't know," replied Yar.

Plio decided to investigate further.

"Plio!" cried Yar. "Get back here! We don't know what it is!"

"Plio, be careful," whispered a young Purgatorius.

Plio heeded the youngster's warnings and inched closer to the egg. Just as she got within arm's length, it began to crack, startling her. Yar and Zini looked at each other as Plio approached the egg again, this time, she was more confident. She lifted the top of the shell off and looked inside. "Dad, get over here," she gestured to Yar.

Yar looked at his daughter apprehensively and stayed put, but Zini jumped forward, only to have Yar grab him by the tail. "Zini, it's not safe!" he scolded.

"Oh, I always have to go, when stuff's happening," Zini groaned in frustration.

Yar rolled his eyes and approached Plio, who had her back turned to him.

"What? What is it?" he asked.

"It was an egg," replied Plio. "Look," she turned around, this time with the baby Triceratops cradled in her arms.

Yar gasped.

"What?" Plio asked.

"It's a dinosaur! A monster from across the sea! Vicious! Flesh-eating!"

The baby Triceratops burped, much to Yar's disgust.

"Looks like a baby to me," said Plio.

"Babies grow up," replied Yar. "You keep that thing, one day when we turn our backs, it'll be picking us out of its teeth!" He then turned to the rest of the clan, continuing his rant: "Things like that eat things like us as snacks!"

"So," said Plio. "What do we do?"

"Get rid of it!" Yar hissed.

"What has gotten into you?" asked Plio.

"Plio," sighed Yar. "That thing is dangerous!"

"I'm sorry, little one," Plio told the baby Triceratops. "Okay, get rid of it," she handed him to Yar, much to his chagrin.

"Alright, I will," replied Yar before he held the baby at arm's length, ready to drop him off the tree branch.

"You'd better hurry up, Dad," Plio told him. "It looks hungry."

Yar rolled his eyes and turned his attention to the baby, who began to open his bright blue eyes. Yar looked back at him, trying to resist his cuteness, only to have the baby pee on him.

"Here," he handed him back to Plio.

"It's okay," Plio smiled. "We'll teach him to hate meat." She then began to carry him to her nest.

"Watch his head!" yelled Yar. "I mean watch it. He could bite."

Zini then inquisitively scurried towards his sister.

"This monster's got no teeth," he said. "What's he 'gonna do? Gum us to death?"

"Zini, come on," Plio chuckled. "Look at that sweet little face. Does that look like a monster to you?"