"We'll keep searching down the flowing water until we reach the Wash," relpies Grandpa. "There's a strong chance we might find another one."
"I'll take the lead this time," adds Odon. "Guan, stay alongside the other kids, so that we could keep that human from getting the jump on them again."
Guan nods and stands next to Littlefoot, Petrie, and Cera, creating a block between the kids and the trees. Grandpa takes the rear, and the group begins moving again.
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Nod and Mutt spread out along with the rest of the group. Mutt reaches where the egg thieves disappeared and sees a slight movement in the bushes. "Huh?" was his response.
Nod walks to Mutt. "Did you see something?"
Mutt truly couldn't think of anything to say, but soon shakes his head. Nod and Mutt soon meet back up with Hyp to help him.
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Ozzie and Strut were lucky that they managed to slip by without the group seeing them. They keep running until they make it to a small canyon and hide within.
"It would be impossible that those tree huggers knew we are here," said Ozzie in a few short breaths. "They must be looking for something."
Strut looks at the black rock and ponders. "I wonder what they were looking for..."
"You are still carrying that stupid rock when I told you to get rid of it?!" Ozzie began, preparing to hit his brother, but then stops when he reaches him, staring at the rock piece. "That does not look like any rock I've seen..."
Then, Ozzie hears rustling in nearby bushes, and both egg thieves scram in the opposite direction...