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feeling dizzy and the ground was spinning.
Where was I ? I was lying on a hard, cold surface and I wasn’t thirsty anymore. Am I in
heaven? Am I dead? Thousands of questions filled my mind. I could barely open my eyes, but I
noticed the pitch dark surroundings. I was petrified, the howls around,tiny screeching noises too.
Something soft touched my face,I blinked my eyes.No!It couldn’t be true!I saw a pack of wolves
surrounding me.
The wolves must have carried me to their land. Shouldn’t they have eaten me? Afterall, I
was flesh lying in the desert. Somehow, they must have had sympathy for me and decided to
quench my thirst and feed me. This wasn’t a legend. Wolves feeding me... Then, a voice called
me,“human!” I scurried infront of the wolf leader and bowed.It said,“I have told my herd to let you
live, and here is the location of the fossil...”The voice faded and I was back in a trance.
I woke and found myself on the desert sand again.What happened? I remembered the wolves
and that didn’t seem to be a dream.Infront of me was a bone,and no,even more bones. I instantly
start digging and there it was---the ostrich-like dinosaur fossil.
The reunition was great,partly because there was food.My team was surprised at my
discovery,they never thought without the fossil finder,I could still finish this task.Even more,they
asked me how I survived without food and water for a month.I didn’t realize I had been missing
for such a long time until then. I kept the story between the wolves and me as a secret,I bet they
wouldn’t like humans knowing about their magic.
The headlines were out:Explorer lost for a month finds fossil.Reporters from everywhere
questioned me about this impossible discovery.The fossil was placed in the museum.None of the
outsiders knew the story behind,except you, my dear reader.
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