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The Land Before Time

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Mim nodded to Ruby, "I don't mind if you want to come along." She looked at Racnar, "You sure you feel ok?" She asked him with care and looking at him.


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"well Racnar, when you've gotten better, I am always ready for few sparring matches myself, if you're interested." commented Cyrix as he faced Racnar again.

Longtail laughed and said, "Oh please Uncle, you sparring, training is one thing where we have set rules and a really short time limit, but sparring can last for quiet a while and get messy as well, you sure you've got the heart for it?"

"My dear nephew, I have more than enough heart for it, you should know, you failed your last sparring session with me." said Cyrix with a slight grin.


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Okay, Ruby said and nodded.

But hopefully this sparring match will end more friendly then, Ecco said to Cyrix.


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"It would be good that you can join us Ruby, it should be useful for you as you'll get to know more about plants, like me." - Cayso said while grinning.

Racnar felt kind of strange of becoming the center of attention, so he did his best to reply in order, first to Mim - "I am feeling better now so you don't have to worry, thanks." - He then turned his sight to Cyrix and Longtail and smiled as he heard their conversation about sparring matches and Ecco's comment - "For what I could see from the last sparring match here, it was quite a mess and I am not getting involved... not right now anyway. Besides, Cayso wouldn't let me unless he is completely sure I am feeling fine."

"That's right..." - Cayso jumped back to where Racnar is - "... you will not do anything crazy while I am away, ok?" - Racnar saw his brother and replied while crossing his fingers behind his back. - "Ok, I'll be staying here quietly." - Cayso looked at his brother with a suspicious face and sighed - "just take care of yourself.", after that he went back to Mim and Ruby - "I am ready to go."


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Mim nodded, "I'm glad you are feeling better, but maybe you should rest here, either on the land or in the water, or both.  & not trying to do any vigorous back flips and the like." She said attempting a joke.  

 "Sure we can all go if the both of you are ready." Mim said looking at Cayso and Ruby.  

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Littlefoot finished eating, for now at least, and walked back where the others were.  "Yea, we can rest here and talk or something.  Get to know each other better." LIttlefoot said.  


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Ecco saw that Racnar crossed his fingers, but he didn¥t say anything. He just walked closer to Racnar, laid one hand on his shoulder and said to Cayso: No worry, we¥ll all take care about him, he¥ll be fine. We¥ll think about some nice things what we could do, while you are away, he said and smiled


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"He is correct, don't worry about me and go plant-hunting!" - Racnar smiled as he nodded to Ecco's comment. He is also thinking about Cyrix's offering, but he must first make sure his body stops hurting him.

Cayso arrived to where Mim and Ruby are standing - "I am ready and eager to go now..... 'back flips?', that sounds interesting, I may practice that someday." - Cayso said and smiled as he is now waiting for Mim and Ruby to go look for the plants.


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Longtail noticed Racnar fingers crossed behind his back and he began to laugh in response. "This should be interesting." whispered Longtail to himself as he stood up out of the hot spring and walked over to the edge to wait and see what would happen next.

Cyrix gave a small smirk at seeing Racnar cross his fingers. 'Little sneak. This day just keeps getting better and better.' thought the rainbow face in his mind. He then spoke up and said, "Don't worry Cayso, we'll keep your brother safe, you really don't need to worry."


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Mim looked at Ruby, "You ready, or have a place you want search first?" She asked.  

Littlefoot didn't notice the crossed fingers since he was looking in the wrong place, "They'll be ok till you guys get back." Littlefoot said.


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Cayso nodded to Ecco and Cyrix and thought - "I really hope Racnar will remain restful, I don't want him to....." - he blinked twice and tried to remove that thought from his head, and then he looked back happily to Mim as he waits for Ruby's reply.

Racnar was sitting near the water waiting for Cayso, Mim and Ruby to leave - "It is not a good prospect to have to eat leaves to live..." - He thinks as he sees a Crawler walking nearby, he grabbed it and began eating it - "... but that can really make a crawler to taste good." - He chews the crawler and commented surprised - "This is strange, crawlers here have much better taste than the ones outside this valley."


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Ecco looked a bit disgusted over to Racnar and asked: Nice meal? I¥m not sure. I think, if someone knows where to find the plants, you are the best Mim, Ruby said.


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Racnar noticed Ecco's face and giggled - "I think it would be more rude to offer you a crawler than to just eat it myself. It is nice, but there are other more tasty meals, like fishes."

Cayso heard Ruby and replied - "Then we will follow your lead Mim."


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"Some may be over that way." Mim said pointing in a certain direction, "Shall we go?" She said to Cayso and  Ruby.  

Littlefoot thought before replaying, "It may be due to all the green food here."  Then he remembered something Chomper and said before, "I remember Chomper saying the stinging buzzers taste spicy." He said.  He was sorta use to seeing Chomper eat, so he wasn't grossed out to much to see a sharptooth eat crawlers or buzzers.


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Sure thing dear. Lead the way. We¥ll follow. She just took a last look back at Racnar, to make sure he is alright.


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Cayso was looking at his brother and smiled, he looked now to Mim saying while nodding - "I am ready too, please lead the way."

Racnar replied to Littlefoot - "That makes sense, the ammount of green food here is much more that I have never seen before, no wonder why everything taste better here, stinging buzzers including I bet." - He looked back to his brother and nodded, letting him know he is feeling better and he should go now.


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Mim nods, "ok, let's go." She said before she headed off in a direction where soem different types of plants grew that she knew of that was not to far away.  

"Yea, that could be why." Littlefoot said nodding.


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Cayso nodded and followed Mim, trying to pay attention to all of his surroundings, in case of other dinosaurs that may be nearby, and to avoid problems.

Racnar checked on his chest again, as he felt the pain was gone for now, he said - "It's about time, maybe now I'll be able to eat something and then do some fun stuff."


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Cyrix smiled at Racnar's enthusiasm and replied, "Just be careful not to tire yourself out. I don't want to be the one to say you had another onset of chest pain because of it."



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Or even worse, Ecco said with concern. But let¥s hope it won¥t come so far.


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Mim started looking for some plants she had in mind and started to gather a few.  "These should do ok." She said.   "Have either of you seen these plants much around in the Great Valley or outside it?" She asked curiously.