a dreadful walk
that night, i could not sleep. i had helped my friends. now they had a map of the lost world. they were very pleased with me. i was very pleased with myself
it was a beautiful night. there were hundreds of stars and a bright moon in the sky. the air was clear and cold.
'i know!' i thought. 'i'll go for a walk in the forest. i'll walk down to the lake. i'll find out many more things about the lost world. i'll be back here by morning. everybody will be pleased with me.'
my friends were sleeping. i did not want to wake them. i walked quietly i out of the comp.
immediately i was very frightened. the branches of the trees were very thick. i could not see the moon. there were huge black shadows all around. i remembered the terrible screams of the iguanodon. it had died a horrible death. was its killer hunting in the forest now?
i walked quickly. soon i came to a clearing. we had seen the iguanodons in this place. but no iguanodns were there now. the clearing was more dangerous than the forest. there was bright moonlight here. there was nowhere to hide. i ran quickly across the clearing and came to the stream on the other side. i knew the stream went down to the lake. so i followed it.
i passed the place of the pterodactyls. suddenly a large pterodactyl flew into the air. it flew in the sky. at last it came down to the ground again. it had not seen me.
i will never forget that dreadful walk. many times i heard the sounds of animals in the forest. my mouth was dry and my heart was beating fast in fear.
at last i reached the lake. i looked at my watch. it was one o'clock in the morning. i drank some cold fresh water from the lake. then i lay down on top of of a rock and looked around.
from this rock, i could see in every direction. then i had a great surprise.
when i had climbed the tree in the afternoon, i had seen a line of cliffs. the cliffs had dark holes in them. the holes looked like caves. now i could see the same cliffs again. they were on the other side of the lake. there were small circles of red light in the cliffs. the circles of red light were fires. buy animals did not light fires. only humans could make fire. there must be humans on the plateau! they were living in the caves. i stared in surprise.
the lake shone like glass in the moonlight. it was very beautiful. sometimes i saw the head of a strange animal in the water. everything was very quiet. i looked at the lake for a long time.
at half past two, i decided to return to the camp. i started to walk back through the forest. then suddenly i heard a noise behind me. it was the noise of a large animal.
i ran across a moonlit clearing. then i heard the sound again. this time it was louder and nearer. my skin was cold and my heart was beating fast. was something following me?
i turned and looked behind me. then suddenly i saw it. a huge black creature was coming out of the dark trees. it moved forward into the moonlight.
was it an iguanodon? no. it had the head of a huge lizard and an enormous body. it had small arms and many long, sharp teeth. it was the most terrible meat-eating dinosaur of all. it was a tyrannosaurus rex. and it was hunting me.
i started to run. i ran and ran. at last i could run no further. my legs were hurting and i was very tired.