Jim Dunlap - Pete the python: the further adventures of Mark and Deke
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When Mark and Deke found the big lizard at the construction site, they though they might have a Komodo dragon or maybe a big Gila monster. But the computer at the local library pointed them in a completely different direction. Now the boys must keep a secret as big as Only, the last dinosaur. Unfortunately, once word leaks out that there is a baby triceratops living and growing in their backyard shed, a dangerous situation quickly develops.
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Republic of Texas Press an imprint of Wordware Publishing, Inc.
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Copyright 1995, Jim Dunlap
All Rights Reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 1-55622-382-X
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All inquiries for volume purchases of this book should be addressed to Wordware Publishing, Inc., at 1506 Capital Avenue, Plano, Texas 75074. Telephone inquiries may be made by calling: (214) 423-0090
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Chapter One
THE COMET was in orbit along with millions of others as it streaked around the sun. A small star passed nearby. Just the hint of gravitational pull caused the huge ball of stone and ice to be moved ever so slightly from its path. The big rock began to drift slowly toward the inner solar system.
TIME TO IMPACT: 300,000 years.
The giant rock slowly gained speed, seven miles per second, twenty-two miles per second. It crossed the orbit of Mars and began to glow, leaving a long luminous tail. It could now be seen from the earth's surface. Life on Earth noticed nothing.
TIME TO IMPACT: six hours.
As it crossed the orbit of the moon, it appeared to be a second moon in the sky. The animals on this side of the earth looked up, not understanding.
The morning fog lay on the marsh like gray cotton candy. Everything was wet. There was no falling moisture, but the air was saturated. It connected and clung to the lush growth. The giant bald cypress tree trunks were dripping water that seemed to ooze from the cracked bark. The drops slid silently into the stagnant water. The huge
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grazing animals were making the only sounds that were to be heard, "Crunch, smack." The area gurgled as they moved slowly through the knee-deep water and the six inches of black gook.
The animals had been uneasy since first light. They were instinctively sensitive to the possible presence of the Predator. This morning it was different. With each bite taken from the huge, tree-like ferns, they lifted their heads almost in unison and to stare at the sky. It was hot and still. The eastern sky was bright with anticipation of the arrival of the sun. The moon was slowly beginning to hide at the brink of the horizon to wait its turn for another day.
The eggs lay in a tight pocket, and the ten-inch opening was plugged with dense clay. It was day fifty-seven of the sixty-day incubation period. The life inside began to move more often. A mysterious force was directing the head to rub against the eggshell. It produced a gentle scraping sound. Close by, the mother-to-be stood quietly and fixed her stare at the upper edge of a nearby hill. There was danger approaching.
The Predator ate meat. She ate a lot of meat. This was no ordinary animal. She was a horrible-looking, 7,000-pound monster that could run and fight and kill, hour after hour without tiring. Her teeth were not sharp, but more like spikes for ramming into muscle, ligament, and bone. She crunched into vertebrae and killed with one crushing bite.
This young predator female had babies to feed. She slowly approached the grazing herd of big plant eaters looking for one to single out. Her babies scrambled around her feet and made high-pitched chirping noises as if begging for food. There were six of them, miniature versions of their mother. Each measured about eighteen inches in height.
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Suddenly, one of the giant plant eaters that had been standing some distance from the herd bounded forward and faced the Predator. Her nest of eggs was in danger and she must act. She bellowed loudly and pawed the earth. The baby predators were frightened and dashed under the nearest rock ledge.
With two great leaps the giant plant eater charged the Predator. She thrust her huge horns toward her enemy's chest. She missed and rolled down a steep, sandy hill. The Predator sprang in an instant, and before the protective mother could regain her feet, she was on her side and pinned down. There was a loud crunch. A huge, bloody tooth flew through the air. The meat eater had bitten into the vegetarian's hard bony frill just behind her head. The Predator released and quickly bit again. The huge mother-to-be convulsed once. A great rear leg lifted quickly into the air and then slowly relaxed. In one great sucking, squashing pull, the Predator removed a chunk of flesh the size of a fifty-five-gallon garbage can.
It was quiet. The giant plant eater was dead.
The Predator began to chew and swallow at the same time. Blood dripped to the ground, splattering on the rocks and on the six baby predators that had left their hiding place to join their mother. They fed.
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