Chapter 3 = Isla Sorna
The airplane flew through a blue sky. Alan pulled his hat over his eyes and fell asleep. Hours later, he woke up and looked out the window. He could see Isla Sorna. It was very green.
The plane flew down to the island and suddenly Alan felt excited. “Look!” he said. There was a dinosaur on some open ground. “It’s an Apatosaur. Look at the colors.”
“That’s wonderful,” Billy said. “Usually I only see bones. The colors look so strange.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Kirby!” Alan called to the front of the plane. “Look out the right. You can see--”
But they weren’t interested. Alan looked at Billy.
“Strange,” Billy said. “I think they have a problem.”
Everybody was very quiet. One man flew the plane. A second man sat next to him. They weren’t very friendly. A third man, in dark glasses, sat quietly at the back.
Suddenly, the front of the plane went down.
“You’re going down to the ground?” Alan said, very afraid.
Paul turned back to him. “Dr. Grant, please don’t move. I’ll tell you all about this in a minute.”
“This plane cannot go down there!”
Alan got up from his chair and moved to the frond. The man with dark glasses pulled him back. Alan started to fight but something hit him. His world went dark.
*
“ERIC! ERIC! Are you there, dear? Ben! Eric!” Amanda Kirby shouted very loudly into the trees.
Alan opened his eyes. He was on the floor of the plane and his head hurt. Billy helped him to the door.
The three men all had guns now. Alan felt very afraid. These guns couldn’t stop dinosaurs.
“Dr. Grant, are you all right?” Paul Kirby asked.
The other three men walked into the trees.
“What’s happening?” Alan said. “What are they doing?”
“Mr. Udesky, the short man, he’s their boss,” Paul said. “He, Mr. Nash, and Mr. Cooper will watch for dinosaurs.”
“Mr. Kirby,” Alan said. “This island is very dangerous. We have to get back in the plane.”
A loud noise came from the tree. They all turned around.
Paul looked at Alan. “What was that?”
Billy moved back and said quietly, “Is it a Rex?”
“I don’t think it is,” answered Alan. “It sounds bigger.”
Then Udesky and Nash ran out of the trees.
“Get in the plane,” Udesky said. “Everybody. Now!”