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My Dinousaur Adventureの全文紹介

"My Dinosaur Adventure" was created especially for
Isamu KUmaki
at the age of 8

Happy Birthday from
Takechan
March 15, 2008

Isamu Kumaki of Nishikawa had a special dream. His favorite books to read from the library were always those about dinousaurs, but he wanted to learn a lot more about them. As he was thinking about this, a beautiful white unicorn appeared at his bedroom window.

To his surprise, the unicorn spoke, "Isamu, I want to take to the Land of the Dinousaurs. Can you come with me?" Isamu said, "Wow! I would love to go, but first I must ask permission and leave a note for Miikiko, Ogiwara and Tap." Moments later, the unicorn whisked him back in time to the Land of the Dinosaurs.

When Isamu and the unicorn arrived at the shore of the beautiful lake, an apatosaurus(uh-pat-o-SORE-us) greeted them. He was longer than a big school bus. "What is your name?" asked Isamu. "I don't have one," answaered the plant-eating dinousaur sadly. "No one has ever named any of us" Isamu thought for a while and then said, "I will call you Strech"

"Look at that mountain over there!" shouted Isamu, pointing off into the distance. "Is it on fire?" he asked. "Oh no, that's just a volcano, "replied the unicorn. "Look all around you. The Land of the Dinosaurs is filled with many volcanoes, swamps, and fern jungles." Isamu added, "It's also very hot!"

While exploring, they met a stegosaurus(steg-us-SORE-us). "He sure does have a lot of sharp points on his back," whispered Isamu. "Those are called plates," said the unicorn. "A stegosaurus uses them for protection. They also trap heat from the sun to help keep them warm." Isamu told the stegosaurus, "A great name for you would be Spike,"

Next, Isamu and the unicorn entered a dense, humid forest where they found giant ferns and many reptiles of all sizes and shapes. While there, they heard a srange, anapping sound in the distance and cautiously crept closer to investigate After all, Isamu had wanted to come here to learn as much as he could about dinosaurs!

Not for away, they met an allosaurus (al-us-SORE-us). She had large teeth and stood on powerful, hind legs. A huge tail helped her to stand up. "So you are the one who is making all that noise," said Isamu. "I shall name you Alli." Alli said, "Thanku you," as she handed Isamu a branch of flowers.

Isamu was having so much fun in the Land of Dinosaurs that he had not noticed that his friend the unicorn was crying. "why are you crying?" asked Isamu. "You have giving names to evereyone today except me," sighed the unicorn. "Oh, I'm sorry. Ariel would be the perfect name for you," said Isamu. "I love it!" smiled the wide-eyed unicorn with a big grin. "Thank you!"

As they were talking, a tiny compsognathus(komp-sog-NAY-thus)
about the size of a cat, reced past them and said, "You must follow me. There is something you will want to see." Isamu and Ariel chased after him. "Wow! He is as fast as ligting. That's a great name for him," shouted Isamu as he ran.

They ran and ran until they came to some rugged rocky cliffs. Lightning showed Isamu a nest along the top of one of the cliffs and directed him to get a close look. The nest contained three baby pterodactyls(ter-uh-DAK-tuls). "Who is supposed to be taking care of these babies?" asked Isamu.

"I am" echoed a voice, cireling above them. Just then a large large pterodactyl glided past them. Isamu found it hard to be believe that a lizard could fly. Its wing span was about as long as his arm. Isamu decided that Dack would be a fine name for a flying lizard. The father pterodactyl glided down to the nest. Ariel was quietly talking to Dack, but Isamu could not hear what they were saying.

Isamu, Ariel and the pterodactyl flew back across the Land of the Dinosaurus unitl they once more reached the beautiful lake. This time Isamu saw a lot of activity at the water's edge. Dinosaurus were decorating the beach with streamers and balloons. Isamu wanted to help decorate and wondered if he could go to the party.

As they landed, a pentaceratops (pen-tuh-SARE-uh-tops) rushed to greet them. Isamu quickly could the five horns on his head and decided to call him Penti. Then he asked if he could help them desorate. "I want you to come with me, but for a deiffierent reason," replied Penti. "We have a supurise for you!"

The dinosaurs were gathered around a large two-tiered cake. "What a beautiful cake!" exclaimed Isame. "It's for you!" shouted his new friends. Now Isamu knew what Ariel had whispered tp Dack. The dinosaurs realized that Isamu had to return soon and had wanted to help him remember his first visit to the Land of the Dinosaurs.

After the party, Alli, the allosaurus, told Isamu that it was time it was time to leave for Nishikawa. Isamu was a bit sad, but could hardiy wait to tell Mikiko, Ogiwara and Tap about his exciting adventures. Before he left, they all thanked Isamu for the nice names he had given them.

Ariel flew Isame home and said, "I also have a supurise for you, Isamu." In his room, he found a dinosaur cake with a personalized card signed by all the dinosaurs. Isamu hugged Ariel for making his secret dream come true and told her how much he had enjoyed his trip to the Dinosaurs. "I will never forget what you have done for me! Thank you for my fabulous dinosaur adventure."

Isamu Kumaki
Here are the pronunciations for the dinosaurs you have read about in MY DINOSAUR ASVENTURE.. Use your book to spell them correctly
(uh-pat-o-SORE-us)
(steg-uh-SORE-us)
(al-uh-SORE-us)
(komp-sog-NAY-thus)
(ter-uh-DAK-tuls)
what other dinousaurs can you name, Isamu?