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In the land before time

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Longtail looked behind him to see Littlefoot running as well. He smiled as he lowered himself closer to the ground but kept up his speed. "Nice to see you trying Littlefoot." he commented with a laugh.

Rick grinned as he felt Amy slide down onto his back and heard her relax...slightly. He then turned his head and replied "Would you believe I'm still just an adolesant sized Longneck. I'm still not nearly as tall as Littlefoot's grandparents."

Spike continued to eat and walk content to just let the others do what they wanted.

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Grandma Longneck stood next to her mate.
"I just hope there are no sharpteeth nearby, or all this noise we're making might draw them to us." she said with a hint of fear in her voice.


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"Well we going after them red claw,' thud asked.


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Red Claw grumbled.

Why do I even bother with these two?

"Well...wouldn't it have been nice if one of you told me there were some other meat around here other then this sharptooth meat I had to sweat to get it? Get what I'm saying here?"

Hearing the roaring from Mr. Three Horn again however, he jumped and stood back. Now that Red Claw was blind, he became much more jumpy.

Mr. Three Horn said, "Well c'mon out! There's no sharpteeth in the area is there?"
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Little Foot laughed heartily, "I can do this! You'll see! WOOOOO!" He then dashed off ahead of Longtail and was about a half a length away from the Thundering falls.

Almost there! He thought to himself.

Amy was amused at the sight, but also a bit envious. She would love nothing more then to be able to run with the wind in her face, with the dewy grass tickling at her feet. She knew it was an amazing feeling for her when she ran but she also wondered something else, What if flying is almost the same thing? If not better?

In response to Rick's comment she said, "Oh yeah of course, but still, it's amazing how tall these dinosaurs are verses how tall animals are in our time."




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"Yes redclaw do you want me and screech to go after them,' thud asked.


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"Me hope they no fall into water." Petrie said as he watched the racers.


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(OCC: Is noname still participating in the rp?)

Sam continued walking until he reached the wall. "Well 'Thomas' we're here finally,' sam said.


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"We are here, yep yep yep!" Ducky spoke up as the group reached the Thundering Falls.

"That's good and all, but what do we do now?" Cera snorted.

"Well, we go in the water of course," Ducky giggled.

"That's not what I meant.  What kind of game should we play?" Cera replied.  At the same time, Anna and Tricia had started wading into the water.

"Hmm...I wonder if I can use my tail like a beaver," Anna said to herself before she lightly brought her tail down on the water's surface.  Tricia giggled as Anna's tail made a small splash.

"Ya like that?" Anna asked Tricia.  Tricia simply giggled as she copied Anna's motion and slapped her tail on the water, making a much smaller splash.

"Not bad, but if ya wanna make a big splash, bring your tail down hard like this!" Anna instructed before she slapped her tail down hard, making a much bigger splash.  Tricia giggled even more excitedly.

"Wanna see me pull a trick on your sister?" Anna asked.  Tricia nodded as she laughed.

"Alright, then.  Here's how to splash somebody else," Anna said.  When she brought her tail down, she did it at an angle, causing Cera to get doused by water.

"Hey!  What's the big idea?!" Cera yelled in surprise as she looked over at Anna and Tricia.  Tricia was in a fit of harsh laughter, and Anna gave a mischievous smile.

"Think fast!" Anna hooted before she sent another splash over to Cera.  She did the same thing several more times before Cera growled in anger.

"That's it!  I'm gonna get you once and for all!" Cera screamed as she charged toward Anna.  

"Come 'n get me, slowpoke!" Anna teased before she did a headfirst dive under the water.  Tricia sat down on the bank and watched in amusement as Cera joined her.

"You've gotta come out of there sooner or later, and when you do, I'll...!" Cera was interrupted when Anna quickly resurfaced and hosed Cera in the face by spitting a spout of water.

"You'll what now?" Anna asked as she swam toward the center.

"Now you're really making me angry!  You get back here right now!" Cera ordered.

"Nah ah ah.  Ya wanted to catch me, now ya must come get me," Anna said before she dove beneath the surface again.  Cera was looking desperately at the water.  She knew she really was not that good of a swimmer.

"Argh!  That's not fair!" Cera growled.  Just then, she saw Tricia jump in and swim toward the center.

"Tricia!  Get back here!" Cera shouted.  Tricia, however, giggled as she swam with ease.

"Come on, Cera!  If your baby sister can swim out there, I am sure you can too, yep yep yep!" Ducky said before she swam out toward Tricia.  As Cera noticed her friends going in the water, she started to feel bad because she could not swim as well as the others could.


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Little Foot reached the Thundering falls and yelled, "WOOHOO!" Then jumped in the water and made a big splash, which splashed Cera and Tricia.

He rose up to the surface and laughed.

"I made it!"

Amy was on Rick's back and was thinking over how it was be amazing to swim, she did not swim for a long time, so she figured it would be amazing to swim. She was also amused at the sight of Little Foot splashing and the facial expressions of everyone else around the thundering falls.

"Rick, do you like to swim?" She asked the longneck.

(OOC: I would think so Sam, but he might be busy with his studies.)




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Longtail laughed as he landed on the shore next to the Falls, watching as his friends splashed about. "I'm kinda surprised I lost...but that's the whole point of a race I guess. To put it all on chance that you win."

Rick almost laughed at Amy's question but he held his tounge as he replied, "Sure, swimming is one of my favorite pasttimes. It's a shame that I can't find more time to do it though." He then turned his head and looked at Amy as he asked, 'Would you like to swim too? You can stay on my back."

Spike stepped into the water finding it relaxing and fun as he splashed water at Cera.


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"Littlefoot won... You, Longtail, are second... That makes me third! Yay!" Claw said with fake enthusiasm "It would be more nice to be third, if there was someone fourth." he added.

At that moment, Chomper arrived and seeing who won the race, he said with smile:

"You were pretty fast, Littlefoot! Even faster than fastbiter!"

"Yeah. Don't mind me. I'll just stand here, while you talk about how these two were better runners than me." Claw said with bitter tones in his voice.

"Oh. Don't be a sore loser, Claw." Chomper responded "Come on! Get in the water and play!" he said, jumping into the water with big splash.

"Alright. Just make a room there! You don't want me to land on you with my claws." sharptooth said, before jumping into the lake.
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"My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today." - Watership Down by Richard Adams.


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"Hey!  Cut it out!" Cera snapped at Spike.  Just then, Tricia swam back to her sister.

"Well, you finally decided to listen to me and come back!" Cera said in annoyance as Tricia stood up and lowered her face toward the water like she was getting a drink.

"Don't scare me like that aga...!" Cera was interrupted when Tricia sprayed her in the face with a spout of water.  Tricia giggled and babbled as Cera shook the water off herself.

"So, I see you taught her something bad!" Cera said as Anna surfaced nearby.

"I did not teach her, she just watched and learned.  Pretty funny, though," Anna said with a giggle.

"Yeah, and what's real funny is I can get you now!" Cera said as she bolted into the water.

"If ya can, slowpoke!" Anna hooted before she dove under again.  Cera, who was belly-high in the water, simply watched as Anna swam under the water, trying to figure out where she would resurface.

"Are you coming in or not?" Ducky asked as she swam by Cera.


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Petrie landed on the ground near the water and watched his friends.  A thing he much preferred to actually being in the water.  

"Me just glad everyone ok and no one have accident." Petrie said.


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Amy smiled back. "Sure, thanks."

Little Foot heard Chomper's comment and said, "Thanks Chomper, and nice race guys, you were pretty fast!" He smiled at Longtail and Claw, being honest.




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Longtail frowned at Claws tone of voice. "Listen, if you want a rematch I'm always up for another one, and just ot make it fair, I'll run on the ground this time. No flying. Sound fair?" He asked with a tone of irritation.

Rick then stepped into the water and slowly walked into the deep end, and even then it only came up past his belly. "Hmmm....pretty shallow. But I suppose that's to be expected." he commented to himself.

Spike took advantage of Cera's distraction and snuck up behind her and nudged her into the water, laughing all the while doing so.


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Cera yelled in startlement as she fell into the water.  When she resurfaced, she felt like she could go after Spike.

"Spike!  I swear, when we're out of the water, I'm gonna...hey, this is not so bad after all!" Cera said with a change of tune as she began to swim in the more shallow parts.


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"Maybe we will race tomorrow then? And i don't mind you flying, Longtail. I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I should have taken defeat in a better way." Claw responded, swimming around, which wasn't very hard, but certailny in his human form he would do better.

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Petrie watched the others in the water from where he was.  "me glad you all having fun." He said, happy to watch them and not get into the water himself since he didn't know how to swim and did very badly in water anyway.


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(OOC:I have come back.)

Bron had just arrived at the Thundering Falls and watched the newcomers,his son and his friends enjoy themselves Shorty, nor Belmont was with them but Belmont had other things to do and Shorty wasn't exactly in the mood.
 

 


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"You should come in, Petrie.  At least in the most shallow parts, yep yep yep.  The water feels really nice.  It does, it does," Ducky said as she swam near Petrie's location.


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Little Foot saw Alli in the clearing and said, "Hey Alli! Come in and swim! It's a lot of fun!"

Amy looked down to see the soft water below with the others having fun swimming. She decided to slide down Rick's back and she said, "I'll be back, I just wanted to see a few others, okay?" She smiled letting him know.

Then she walked slowly in the water to a bunch of rocks and rested on them. She looked to Petrie and encouraged, "Hey, would you feel safer if Ducky and I stayed stayed by while you swam? If that's not a bother to Ducky that is." She would have expected Ducky to help her friend, but she wanted to be sure, just in case she good the wrong impression. So she looked to Ducky's direction so see if it would okay.