Chapter
5 ‘Strange Trees and Bushes That Sneeze’ Page
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Jason sat down on a rock gasping for
air. He had no idea how far he had just
run but he was sure he’d put some serious distance between him and those
dinosaurs. This thought brought him
little comfort. Tommy was missing. Jason had lost sight of him after Kypou had
pushed them towards the jungle. He had
to find his little brother but it probably didn’t help much that he himself was
hopelessly lost.
Jason pushed himself off the rock
and continued through the jungle. Every
fiber in his being hoped that Tommy was safe.
He couldn’t bring himself to even think of the alternative because even
Jason knew what kind of deadly dinosaurs the Myrites were.
With every step he took, Jason grew
more and more frustrated with his situation. The first thing he had to do was rescue himself, then he could
rescue Tommy. Soon a thought occurred
to him. Maybe, Tommy was with Kypou and
the others back at the cave. Yeah, yeah
that was it, he reassured himself.
Tommy would be there waiting for him.
Jason stopped and shook his head.
Who was he kidding. Nothing had
turned out the way he wanted it to ever since they walked into this stupid
world. Rage began to boil up inside
him He viciously kick a nearby rock.
“Stupid rock!” he growled. He kicked the rock again.
“Stupid world!’ He kicked the rock for a third time. Then unexpectedly he heard a strange voice.
“Stop kicking me!” the voice
demanded.
Startled, Jason looked around then
down at the rock. It looked like a
plain old rock. He pushed it with his
foot.
“Can’t you hear?” snapped the rock.
Jason spun around only to find Harpi
standing behind him. The dinosaur had a
horrible smirk on his face. Jason was
in no mood for Harpi or his wining.
“Rocks can’t talk,” said Jason, who
didn’t think Harpi’s little ventriloquist act was very funny.
“Yes they can,” said Harpi
arrogantly. “And that one wants you to
leave it alone.”
“Whatever,” said Jason angrily. “Have you seen Tommy?”
Harpi shook his head and smirked
again.
“The last time I saw him he was
running through the jungle screaming like a little girl.”
“Shut up!” shouted Jason. He didn’t like Harpi making fun of Tommy
when he could be in serious trouble.
“What’s your problem anyway? My
brother and I haven’t done anything to you so why don’t you leave us alone!”
Harpi stepped closer to Jason, anger
flashed in his eyes.
“My friends and I should be trying
to save our own families, not baby-sitting you and your sniveling brother,”
growled Harpi. “Why don’t you leave now
before it’s too late,” he added darkly.
Well, Jason knew a threat when he
heard one.
“You don’t scare me,” snarled
Jason. “So get lost!”
“I will,” replied the dinosaur. “And I will also be leaving you here to find
your own way home. I wouldn’t give you
an ounce of my help.”
“Good!” shouted Jason. “Because I’d rather be stuck here then spend
a second longer with you.” Jason was
really mad now.
They glared at each other for a few
moments then Harpi turned tail and stomped off into the jungle.
“Agggh!” screamed Jason. He kicked the rock again.
He had no idea how to get back to
the cave. Harpi was his only chance,
but there was no way he was going to ask that infuriating dinosaur for
help. Jason’s thoughts were interrupted
by sounds coming from the jungle.
Great! Harpi was probably coming
back to tell me off for kicking the rock again. Then another thought occurred to him, what if the Myrites had
tracked him down. Jason looked at the
jungle around him.. It looked very big
and scary and he suddenly felt very insignificant. A small part of him, however, was wishing it was the
Myrites. He’d take them over Harpi any
day.
To Jason’s relief, when the jungle
parted out walked Kypou, Bonta, Typhoo, and little Peko. Jason couldn’t remember ever feeling so
relieved.
“Jason!” exclaimed Kypou. We’ve been looking everywhere for you. I was afraid you might have been captured.”
Kypou looked around.
“Where’s Tommy?” he asked.
“What!” gasped Jason, suddenly
looking very worried. “I thought he was
with you!”
“No,” said Kypou shaking his
head. “He’s not.”
A horrible feeling of dread came
over Jason. The unthinkable had
happened!