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"Be careful you two watch out for any portals." Frank called out to Ruby and Chomper.


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"Any particular type?" Dan asked as he held out the container with some of the fruit in it that had been gathered earlier offering Theo, and anyone else who wanted any, some of the fruit.

"Going to go ahead and tell your story?" Dan asked Frank.  Then he looked in the direction where Chomper and Ruby ran off in calling out, "Don't wonder to far."


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"Thanks!" Theo said, grabbing a large star shaped fruit. He bit part of it off and the juice dripped down his chin.

James finished pouring the water into the canteens. He tossed some twigs into the fire. "Well, let's have dinner and some stories. I'll go catch some fish."

He then headed to the lake.

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"Chomper," Ruby said, "I think I found some crawlers." She gestured to a bush.

"Great," Chomper replied, grabbing a large crawler and putting it in his mouth, "These taste great."

"I wonder if we can convince Deimos to not harm other flateeth," Ruby stated, "But he is a fully grown-up sharptooth."

Chomper nodded but said nothing. A large crawler crawled behind a branch. Chomper brushed aside the branch, but he soon noticed something.

"Ruby," he yelled, "look at this."

Behind the bush was a peculiarly shaped rock about the size of a sweet bubble. It was flat and shiny, and it had an unnatural circular shape. The strangest of all, it had a  big circular hole in the middle.

"The newcommers might be interested in this new interesting rock we've found," Ruby said. She grabbed the rock, and they both started walking back toward the group.


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Dan offered some food to some others, Petrie, Ducky and Spike getting some tree sweets.  Then he picked some food for himself and sat down to start to eat his meal.  

"Chomper like flying stingers also." Petrie said after he had bitten into his small tree sweet.  

Spike nodded, swalling his tree sweet.  He remembered him saying he found them spicy.

"He does, he does." Ducky said before starting to eat her small treesweet.


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"Hey guys," Chomper said, dashing out of the woods, "look what we found." Chomper extended his arm and revealed the peculiar stone in his hand.

Cleve walked closer and lifted it up under the moonlight. Fortunately, there was a full moon, and the moon during the age of the dinosaurs was much bigger and brighter. The moonlight reflected off of the stone.

After some hesitation, Cleve started to talk in a trembling voice. "Frank," he said showing the stone to Frank, "Does this look like a metal fastener nut to you?"


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"It sure does look like one." Frank replied after studying the stone for a moment.

"Is that a part of the planes we're looking for." Littlefoot asked.


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Dan glanced over in the direction as he paused his eating.  "You want to borrow my penlight to look at it better?" He asked as he offered is penlight.


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Cleve reached for Dan's penlight and turned it on. A beam of light focused on the nut.

"It's definitely a part of some machine," Cleve said eruditely, "In fact, it's probably a part of the planes we're looking for. This means that the planes crashed somewhere near this place."


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"Cleve this might be from that Me 109 or the avengers which plane do you think it's from?" Frank asked.


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"I don't know," Cleve responded, "It's hard to tell from just a nut, but we'll know as soon as we find the rest of the wreckage. I don't know much about airplanes, but this looks like a fairly big nut. It might be a part of the landing gear, props, or engine. In any case, this suggests that the planes crashed."

"We found this not far from here," Chomper said.

"And that means what you're looking for can't be that far away either," Ruby pointed out.

"Good," Cleve nodded, "we can continue to search after the sun rises."


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Deimos returned from his crawler hunting trip. He turned to Theo who gave him a cold stare. He then sighed and handed Frank a crawler while he ate the others.

James returned with some fresh fish. "Anybody want some dinner?"

Theo looked at the fish and shook his head. He grabbed some more fruit from the bucket.

"So what are you guys planning to do tomorrow?" Deimos asked, throwing some twigs into the fire. He sighed and let the warmth of the fire dance over his body.

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"Well continuing the search for the planes will be the main thing." Frank said.


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Dan continued to eat and listen to the folks.  "It may mean that it is nearby.  It depends if over what size area the debris may be spread around, and other factors also." He said.


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"Can't the sharpteeth use their sniffers to find whatever you're looking for?" Theo asked. He was partially interested in their search but at the same time, he did not care that much.

James was gutting the fish and hanging them on the cleaned metal skewers in preparation to smoke them. "Could someone build a smoky fire outside the cave so I smoke the fish?"

Deimos nodded. "I'll need a bit of help."

He then picked up a firebrand from the main campfire and headed outside.

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"Chomper," Cleve asked, "can you recognize this scent?" He put the washer in front of Chomper's nose.

Chomper stiffed and shook his head. "It smells like any piece of rock."

"We could try asking some dinosaurs who are familiar with this area," Ruby said, "But who is familiar with the area?" She thought for a second before an idea struck her head.

"Theo!" she yelled, "Do you remember seeing anything strange crashing around here a few cold times back?


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"Smoked fish? That sounds pretty good." Dan said.  "I do hope the planes are very close to here indeed." Dan said as he looked around at those present.


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"In any case," Cleve said, "we'll just have to keep searching tomorrow morning. Let's all help collect some wood now."

Cleve walked off, grabbing small sticks as he walked on.


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"Sure thing Deimos." Frank said walking out of the cave taking a lighter out of his pocket.