faint laughs….
I woke up startled. I realized that I was in the van. Someone was feeding me soup. It was
my brother.
‘Asha, she lied… Where are the fossils?’ I groaned.
‘Gone but that’s okay as long as you’re safe, we can find more. Don’t worry,’ my brother said.
That night I dreamt of a baby Oviraptor that wandered far from its nest and is lost in the
prehistoric jungle. I recovered after a few days not only from my sickness but also from the loss of
the fossils.
‘The desert is vast. You can find many fossils there,’ I remembered what my dad told me. He
was an archeologist too, a famous one.
Then we came across some fertile land. As soon as I stepped on the ground, it broke. Literally.
I fell into a hole. I thought this was the end of my career. Then I heard a splash!
I had landed in water.
‘Sis!’ My brother shouted, ‘Are you okay?’
‘Yes,’ I replied, ‘You’ve got to see something, jump in.’
It was a baby oviraptor that was frozen in ice. How could this be?
‘It stayed frozen for so long…and yet its body’s still preserved….’ I murmured.
‘Almost impossible,’ My brother continued for me.
‘Take it to the van now!’ I exclaimed, ‘It’s melting! Let’s take it to a lab!”
We carried it to the van immediately and I drove to the nearest town. I drove so fast it could
probably be over the speed limit if I were on the road. I took my mobile phone and dialed a
fellow archeologist.
‘Hello?’ a voice answered
‘Hi Mr. Jackson, I need your help. I know you’re in China.’
‘Right away,’ he replied.
Mr. Jackson arrived earlier than I expected. When he saw the oviraptor, he was as shocked as
I was.
‘You must be pulling a prank Ms. Kincaid,’ he said in disbelief.
We brought the oviraptor to a lab where it was examined. It was put in a special room and
was watched by CCTV cameras.
‘I’m so excited!’ I whispered to my brother.
An hour later, the Oviraptor was moving. First, it growled. Then it sniffed around. Everybody
watched in astonishment – it was alive!
The next day, I was famous, my brother too. The newspaper headlines said: ALIVE DINO FOUND!
I think this expedition was successful but we still had to solve this mystery of how the
Oviraptor could stay alive. Once we finish solving the mystery, I hope we can find more of these
frozen dinosaurs. I believe there are more out there.
