Chapter 5 = Tyrannosaurus Rex
Behind them, they could hear the dinosaur. The ground shook under its feet.
Crrr-accckkk!
A young tree fell to Alan’s left. The animal was very near them now. In front were some big, thick trees. There! Alan thought.
Rrrrhhhhh-gahhhrrr!
The dinosaur was angry. It ran at the trees but it couldn’t get through them. It couldn’t follow.
“Let’s move!” Alan said.
**The dinosaur’s mouth was open wide.
They ran quickly through the trees. Then they were in open ground again. But now, in front of them, there was a dinosaur as big as a house. Its eyes were open but it didn’t move.
“It’s OK,” Alan said. “It’s dead.”
With a roar, a Tyrannosaurus Rex stood up behind the dead animal. There was red meat in its mouth.
“Don’t move,” Alan said. “A Rex can’t see very well.”
He stood quietly. The Rex moved its head slowly.
A noise came from behind them. Alan turned his head. “Oh no,” he said quietly.
Udesky ran out of the trees.
Alan looked at the Rex again. It turned its head and saw Udesky. Its mouth opened wide and its eyes were angry.
GRRR-AHHHRRRRR! The Rex roared. Then it came for them.
They ran between the big trees again. The Rex got through them. It moved more slowly but the trees didn’t stop it.
They stopped on open ground. The sun was in Alan’s eyes and he couldn’t see.
Then a huge animal walked between Alan and the sun. It was bigger than the Rex. It was the first dinosaur again.
It was fifteen meters long and five meters high. Its head was long and it had a lot of teeth. It put out a long, thin arm. Paul was the nearest.
Suddenly, there was a roar from the trees behind them. The big dinosaur saw the Rex and roared too.
Good! Alan thought. They can fight. We can get away before they finish. “Go,” he said. “Go now! Move.”
The two dinosaurs started to fight and the ground shook.
Twenty minutes later, Alan stopped running. He pushed Paul Kirby into a tree.
“Why did you bring us here?” Alan asked. “Why?”
**There was red meat in the dinosaur’s mouth.
**The two dinosaurs started to fight and the ground shook.
Amanda said. “Please, Dr. Grant. Wait. Out son is on this island. We want to find him. You have to help us.”
Paul took out a photo. “This is him,” he said. “Eric. He’s thirteen. He’s the best son in the world.”
“He’s with Ben Hildebrand,” Amanda said.
Billy looked at them. “Who’s he?” he asked.
“Her new boyfriend,” Paul said angrily.”
“A friend,” Amanda said quickly. “We were on vacation. Eric wanted to see this island and the dinosaurs. So Ben found a man with a boat and a parasail. It sounded OK, not dangerous. But they never came back.”
“We spoke to a lot of people,” Paul said. “Nobody wanted to help us.”
“So you paid us,” Alan said.
“We wanted you here. You know the island.”
Alan looked at Paul. “No, I don’t. This is my first time here.”
“Yes, you do,” Paul said. “You wrote that book…”
Billy spoke. “That was Isla Nublar. This is Isla Sorna---the second island.”
Paul looked at Udesky. “Are there two islands?” he said
Amanda moved near Alan. “But, Dr. Grant, you got away from dinosaurs before. You helped those children.”
Alan shook his head. “Some people died.” He looked at Amanda, then at Paul. They were very sad. “When did Ben and Eric come here?” he asked.
“In early April,” Paul said.
April! It was June now. Two months in this place!
“Do you really think your son isn’t dead?” he asked quietly.
Amanda’s eyes opened wide. “He’s intelligent, Dr. Grant. And he knows about dinosaurs.”
Alan put up his hand. “No,” he said. “I’m sorry, but no. We’ll take things from the plane. Then we’ll walk to the beach. Maybe there’s a boat there.”
Paul got angry. “Dr. Grant, we’re not leaving without Eric.”
“You can stay with us, or you can look for him,” Alan said. “It isn’t really important. I think we’re all going to die.”
He walked away, and Billy followed him.
“What do we do?” Paul asked Udesky.
“I think we have to look for your boy,” he said.
“Which way?” Paul asked.
“That way,” he said. He stared to follow Alan.