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The Land Before Time

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Cayso sat down for a bit - "Well, I cannot say anything at all because you all know the Valley far better than me." - then Cayso noticed a loosen feather, so he grabbed it and as he saw Ecco looking at Cyrix and Longtail while they decide the place for the sparring match, Cayso began tickling Ecco's foot, hiding the feather just before Ecco could see him.


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Ecco had to laugh and turned around. Better watch it mate. You have lots of feathers I could use to tickle you. He said and his face turned to an evil grin.


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Cayso couldn't hide the big grin he had - "Haha! sorry, I just couldn't help myself" - He said while laughing. - "But then, you will need to try hard if you want to take a feather from me." - Cayso tried to say that seriously, but he couldn't and began laughing again.


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"Is this going to be before, after or during the sparring match with Longtail? Littefoot asked curious.

"It could prove interesting, any of those ways they choose." Mim said smiling.

Littlefoot nodded.


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Longtail and Cyrix meanwhile had gotten into an argument over where the sparring match would actually be. "Smoking Mountain!" cried Longtail as he stared up at his uncle.

"Cave nephew!" responded Cyrix while staring down at Longtail. Cyrix then picked the young flyer up and held him at eye level and asked "Why do you continue to argue about this so hard?"

Longtail snorted and said "Because no one goes near the smoking mountain anymore, it would be better for Cayso to fight me there!"

Cyrix simply shook his head before saying..."No, it's still too dangerous!" Longtail gave a loud huff of annoyance as he then stated:

"BUt the Smoking Mountain hasn't blown it's top in like forever! What's the big deal?"

Cyrix scowled at Longtail and poked him on the head as he set the flyer down and finally submitted "Fine, we'll go with your choice. But if anything goes wrong don't say I didn't tell you so."

Longtail however was too overjoyed at the fact that he'd just beaten his uncle in an argument, and just shrugged off the warning with a "Yeah, okay!"


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Cayso, who was still trying to calm down Ecco and, with doing that, saving his own feathers, saw that Cyrix and Longtrail finished their argument - "Look Ecco, it seems that they decided the location for the sparring match." - Then he stood up and get next to Ecco. - "Can we delay this little challenge for a bit? until later the sparring match because you may understand that I don't want to start it tired, is that ok?". - Cayso was still smiling, and then it went closer to Cyrix and Longtail. - "So then, I saw that you already decided the place for the sparring match, so lead the way and I'll go."


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Mim saw a young flyer flying by not to far off. She called out to her and waved.  "Rhyn is it, could you come here?" She asked.  Rhyn turned to land not to far on a branch.

"Whatcha want Mam?" She asked.

"Well..." Mim said walking over to her and whispered in her ear.  She knew that Rhyn had some sort of whistle language that she knew.  She didn't know the details but had observed and talked to some others and confirmed that Rhyn and her 2 friends, Diver and Mia, seemed to be able to talk by whistling and Mim had decided since they were going to a dangerous place having Rhyn come along could be handy in case they were caught in something dangerous she could fly for help, or whistle to her friends.  

Rhyn nodded, "Sure.  It does sound dangerous but I understand why you'd want me along so as my friend Mia would say, I concur." She said  nodding.

"How far do you want to get to smoking mountain.  The last time it erupted was when it filled the canyon of shiny stones.  I know since I was there, with my friends." Littlefoot said.  He was glad Petrie had gotten over his fear enough to go for help or he and his friends would not be here now.


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"Shiny stones?" - Cayso undoubtely heard what Littlefoot said - "... I haven't seen that kind of stones in ages!. I may want to take some back into my Herd." - even though Cayso is not thinking about what Cyrix or Longtail or Ecco may think about definitely going into the Smoking Mountain, he got emotioned to know about shiny stones.


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Sure, Ecco said with a smile. But I¥ll have my revenge, he said with a grin. So, you are ready? That¥s great.


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Littlefoot nods, "There is a canyon with lots of shiny stones.  Some sticking out of the walls, and some just laying around on the ground.  It's next to smoking mountain and to get to it we had to walk along a ledge that was on top of smoking mountain." He said.


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"That sounds very good, I'd like to see those stones." - Cayso then went behind Ecco and used his hands to begin pushing him. - "Well, I have a sparring match, a revenge tickling and a cave exploring. Then let's go Ecco, we have many things to do."


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Ecco was surprised by the pushing from Cayso and jumped forward. Woah, you..... . Okay, let¥s clear that in the revenge Ecco said grinned and turned around to walk with the others to the place where Cayso and Longtail will have their sparring match.


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"Sounds like a pretty full day." Littlefoot said smiling.


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"It looks that way" - Cayso replied happily - "If everything goes as right as it is now, I'll be eager to return and see you all again. And maybe I can bring Racnar with me!." - Cayso began walking too following Ecco and the others towards the smoking mountain.


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"That would be nice." Littlefoot said as he & Mim walked along with the others.

"I trust he's as nice as you are." Mim said as they walked along.


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"Don't worry about that Mim, Racnar is nice and he will not cause any problems." - Cayso is still walking near Ecco. - "By the way, he sends his greetings Ecco, sorry for not telling you before.".


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"I look forward to meeting him." Mim said.  Littlefoot & Rhyn nodded.

"I do also.  Always nice to make a new friend." Littlefoot said.

"I know some other friendly fast biters, but meeting another one is always good." Rhyn said as she rode on Littlefoot.


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Oh, thank you Cayso. I really look forward to meet him. Ecco imagined his last meeting with him.


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Longtail was walking alongside his uncle and were having another talk. "I still don't understand why we can't just eat them...from what I've heard they taste great and help you live longer too."

Cyrix sighed as he said in response "Yes, but they are so very rare, that even if you could find one...well they are said to be special and sacred. Not to be eaten for any reason at all!"

Longtail grunted and said "Now that's just stupid! If I ever find one, I'm going to eat it straight away!"

Cyrix frowned as he said "And now we've arrived at your destination."