The Dino Surprise
My alarm clock sprang to
life exactly at 9:30 A.M. The previous night’s rest seemed to have done little
for my body, as I was still feeling very lethargic. Shaking off the sleepiness,
I crept out of my bed and headed for the bathroom.
I had gone just a few
steps into the hallway, however, when a thunderous roar threw me against the
wall. The entire house began to shake violently. Human instinct took over, and
I braced myself for an earthquake. But that earthquake never came. The shaking
subsided as quickly as it had started, and soon enough all was back to normal.
With my heart still palpitating to a furious rhythm, I made my way to the
living room. Anxiously walking past the fireplace, I peered out the window.
It was at this very moment
that I had the surprise of my life.
Standing just a few feet
from my window, there stood a dinosaur. I was flabbergasted. It took me quite a
few seconds to get back to my senses. Taking note of its stout tail and extensive
neck, coupled with the distinct shape of its head, I immediately recognized it
as being a Brachiosaurus. Perplexed by the enormous beast and what it was doing
in my time period, I knew I had to
get a closer look. Without a second thought, I slipped into my sneakers and ran
for the backyard.
The Brachiosaurus had a mesmerizing
gray coat, something that I could not appreciate from behind a glass pane.
Standing just a few feet away from it now, however, I began to question my lack
of better judgment. Is it really safe to be standing next to an animal that
weighed several tons more than me, and was considerably larger? The
Brachiosaurus seemed to be mostly calm; it stood relatively still while
scanning the horizon. But what was it looking for? Suddenly, the Brachiosaurus
let out a piercing cry and ran right through the picket fence.
The Earth trembled under
the beast’s heft, and tossed me to the ground. Laying on my back, I caught
sight of a Tyrannosaurus Rex lurching towards me from across the street. I
attempted to scramble back up onto my feet with as much vigor as my body could
muster, but all efforts proved to be futile. The ground was now shaking with so
much force that I couldn’t even maintain balance. Fear reached up from the
darkest depths of my heart and began to cloud my mind. With no escape in sight,
I had lost all hope. As the T-Rex grew closer and closer, my body folded into
the fetal position and I closed my eyes.
When I opened them again,
however, I did not find myself in the repulsive abyss that is the stomach of a
T-Rex. In fact, I found myself in a much pleasanter place: home. Wrapped
comfortably under layers of blankets, I was relieved to be far away from that
nightmare. Who needs dinosaurs, anyway? Giraffes are so much cooler.
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Muhammad Abubakar Mian
Class O’ Level-II
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