Race
By eltel2k
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Race by Dad
Dave and Spike were walking through the trees and talking as they went,
as usual Gobbledegook was trailing along behind looking for something
to eat, or to smell, or to trample on.
"I don't think we are fit enough ", said Dave
"Fit enough for what?" asked Spike, "I'm fit!"
"Yes" said Dave, "you are QUITE fit, but we always have difficulty
catching any live food"
Spike looked indignant (how does a dinosaur look indignant? We'll never
know.) "What do you mean QUITE fit? I am the fittest one around here!"
He raised his voice and looked around as if there were hundreds of
dinosaurs standing about with their trainers on, there were in fact
only three; and one of those - Gobbledegook, was out of sight!
"In fact", continued Spike still shouting to his imaginary throng,
"I'll race anyone out there who thinks they're fitter than me!"
Dave was thoughtful for a moment; they had just reached the edge of the
forest and before them a massive plain stretched out for miles - open
rock strewn sand, with a few shrubs dotted about here and there. "Look"
said Dave, "a tree far in the distance. Can you see it?"
"Of course I can see it", Spike still sounded indignant, "there's
nothing wrong with my eyesight either!"
"I'll race you to that tree!"
"You are on!"
Spike shot off like a rocket. Dave started at a much steadier pace, he
knew that the tree was a long way off and it would take a lot of
stamina to get there, he also knew that Spike may be the fastest, but
was he the fittest?
Meanwhile back in the trees Gobbledegook was pottering about looking
for morsels of food (his favourite pastime). He had no inclination to
join in with any sort of race - or other form of exercise if he could
possibly avoid it! As he was peering through the undergrowth he saw a
little creature scurrying through the leaves. "Blog!" He yelled as he
just missed catching it with his outstretched hand. What he didn't know
was - SOMETHING was watching HIM!
Spike was well ahead of Dave by now, he took a sneaky look around and
thought, "This is easy, he he! Dave will never catch me up!" He looked
ahead and realised the tree was still a good way off, "Perhaps I'd
better slow down just a little bit".
Dave just plodded on behind, not worrying about how far ahead Spike
was, he knew he would start to catch up soon?
"Zloopff!" shouted Gobbledegook, as he missed again, he wasn't going to
let the little creature get away! Then he thought he heard something
moving behind him. "Sploofie Sploofie", he called gently, "coommiee
heery". And he turned slowly looking all the time for the little
creature in the leaves.
A BIG pair of eyes was watching Gobbledegooks every move!
Spike was beginning to get rather tired now and his legs were getting
heavier with every stride.
Dave could tell that he was slowly, slowly beginning to get
closer?
The eyes watching Gobbledegook were getting wider as Gobbledegook moved
closer! The mouth below the eyes was beginning to salivate freely! The
teeth were sharp and the jaws were massive!
Gobbledegook bumped into something. "Stupid tree", he thought, "that
wasn't there a moment ago"
The tree moved.
Gobbledegook jumped. "Eeeek!" He shouted
"ROOOOOAAAAARRR!!!" It was the loudest roar to be heard throughout the
land.
Gobbledegook looked up. He was standing beneath a giant dinosaur the
like of which he had never seen before; the giant had trees for legs
and trees for arms and a huge mouth bigger than Gobbledegook himself!
(And he was no titch!)
"ROOOOOAAAAARRR!!!"
"Eeeeeeekkk!" Gobbledegook couldn't think very fast at the best of
times but he forgot all about food for himself and decided rather
quickly that he didn't want to be food for anything else!
"ROOOOOAAAAARR!!!" went the giant one more time.
Zooooom!! Went Gobbledegook!
You have never seen a dinosaur move so fast! Gobbledegook shot out of
the forest and out across the plain after Dave and Spike with a huge
plume of dust behind him! The giant dinosaur sat and watched in
amazement. There was no way he could catch THAT dinner!
Up front Spike was huffing and puffing for all he was worth, the tree
was getting closer, if only he could keep going for a little
longer?
Dave knew that he was catching Spike now, he could see Spike was
slowing down quite markedly; and he was still feeling relatively good
himself. However he could hear a noise behind him, a low rumbling sound; like a herd of Diplodocus?
Spike was almost there, he could hardly put one foot in front of the
other. The tree was getting closer...
Dave was almost on top of Spike now, he had renewed energy; he was sure
he would catch him in time...
>>>>>> ZOOOOM!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>> It was Gobbledegook! He
shot by both Dave and Spike as if they were standing still! He only
stopped when he tripped up on a rock and rolled the last twenty feet to
the tree!
"Huuugguly Biggy Mounsterry!!" was all Gobbledegook could say in
between great gulps of air.
Dave and Spike were amazed. They didn't know that Gobbledegook WANTED to race, and they certainly didn't know he was THAT good!
And they never knew how he managed to beat them to the tree.
The End.
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