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<Moving slowly is what you mean?> Ducky asked.  <Or just no quick moving?> She asked.  <I am sure you will be better soon, I am, I am.> She said nodding.


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"<I'll try right now,>" Chomper said. "Guys, repeat after me: <Run" and <Hide>".


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Trod began repeating what Chomper told them all to say: "<Ran... Hide>... wait I think something went wrong with the first word."

Rhamphy looked at Ducky - "I don't know how to speak in sharptooth, but I can still understand what you say, thanks to Trod who taught me." - The Flyer remained sitting for a while - "I think I have slept more than enough, but as soon as I feel better, I should do some scouting, to make sure I really lost the Flyer who attacked Trod and me."


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"And if you will meet him while scouting? What are you going to do? Fight him elonee?" Dein asked in flattooth, making a mistake in last word.
Pessimist sees a dark tunnel. Optimist sees a light in the tunnel. Realist sees the light of coming train. And a driver sees three idiots standing on the track.

"My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today." - Watership Down by Richard Adams.


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"You shouldn't have to fight your enemies alone," Chomper said.


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"Are you sure you can fly.  Maybe you need to rest till you feel better." Ducky said nodding & holding her hands together.


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<"Running, Hide"> Cory said. <"Runner, Hidder?"> Kit tried. Twiz laughed, "Well I think Chomper or his parents would be able to get the point if you guys were yelling that, just so long as they didn't think Kit was being chased by a runner" he teased his cousin a bit.

"Unless it were Hidden Runner, I don't see that happening" he added with a smile.



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"Whose Hidden Runner?" Chomper asked, never hearing of this before.


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<Roun and Hide.> Ducky says, messing up a little on the first word but getting the hang of the other words.  

<Run and hide.> Littlefoot says, doing better since he spoke slower they Ducky did.  The pronouncation of the first word better then Ducky's attempt.


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"Run and hide,>" Spike said perfectly.

Chomper was really impressed with Spike's progress.


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"I will need a bit more of rest before I attempt anything I think... my body still aches." - Rhamphy said to Ducky, but he then looked at Chomper's parents - "I plan to make some sneak scouting, to avoid been seen, but I was hoping that if I am spotted, maybe you could help me since you are both big and strong dinosaurs."

Trod stopped practicing and went to where his friend is and placed a hand on the Flyer's shoulder - "No scouting for you... not until you are fully recovered. And I think that we don't need to cause these dinosaurs more problems. Maybe we are truly safe for the time been."


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Ducky nods, "Rest now, scout later." She said.


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"Mommy always tells to rest when I'm sick," Chomper went on.


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Rhamphy looked at everybody - "Well, majority wins, so I think I'll try and get some sleep..." - he then looked at Cyrix - "I hope I can figure out a way so I could try to help you." - after that, he flapped his wings and flew to the top of the nearest tree.

"I'll let you know if something comes up, Rhamphy!" - Trod yelled to his friend, and he recieved a yelled back... with a bit of a giggling - "Likewise!"



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Ducky looked at Trod, "Are you going to remain near your friend till he awakens?" She asked him.


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Trod looked at Ducky - "You can bet so, and there shouldn't be any kind of problems because this tree is quite near everybody."

Rhamphy arrived to the higher branches of the tree, from there he could get a clear view of many sectors of the island, and a little bit of the mainland. The Flyer laid down between the branches and used the leaves for cover as he began taking a close look to the mainland, hoping to get some rest and the the attacker will not coming back.


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"Where did Rhamphy go?" Chomper asked.  "And Trod, me and my parents will gladly help you."


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Ducky pointed up, "He went to sleep in the tree, he did, he did." She said as she pointed up to where she had seen Rhamphy go.

"Yea, he needs to rest a bit more.  He should be feeling ok soon." Littlefoot said nodding.


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Twiz nodded, then turned to Chomper to answer his question, "You've never heard the Hidden Runner legend, I thought every sharptooth had". He smiled, "it's scary before nest time story, but I don't think it's true so it shouldn't be that scary".

"Woah, sounds neat!" Cory said. Petrie frowned, "it real scary?" he asked. Kit hugged him, "It'll be ok Petrie, Twiz already said it's not true".

"Well, the way I heard the story" Twiz tried to now and then translate in both languanges so everyone would catch the full effect, "Hidden Runner is this runner that can turn himself invisible where you can't see him, and then he sneaks right up to your nest with you not even knowing he's there and grabs you".

Petrie ducked down under a leaf, "W-what he do to you?".

Twiz shrugged, "No one knows, or atleast the sharptoothed flyers heard I'm from doesn't, cause everyone I know has only heard of Hidden Runner but no one's seen him".

"So...the one's Hidden Runner snuck up on disappeared?" Kit asked worriedly. Twiz just shrugged.



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"Wow, that legend is really kind of scary." - Trod said to Twiz.