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Donja and her family ran toward what looked like a cavern opening in the distance. Upon reaching the entrance, Amanda’s parents made a quick search of the entrance and decided whatever was inside was probably safer than what they saw outside. So in they went, like rabbits they scurried, to the safety of the rock formation.

The dinosaur had not yet approached the cave. They peeked outside and gazed at the mammoth creature. It was at that moment that Amanda shouted, “We’re OK! That’s a Brontosaurus!” Donja and her parents admired Amanda’s dinosaur identification adeptness, but this hardly reassured them. They stared at Amanda in such a way that elicited her to repeat: “It’s a Brontosaurus!” As such knowledge did not improve her family’s understanding of the situation, Amanda continued, “It’s herbivorous. It just eats trees, plants and grasses.”

Donja and her parents appeared somewhat relieved at Amanda’s disclosure. They sat quietly and peered at the Brontosaurus as it nibbled among the nearby trees. A small lake was beside the trees. Donja broke the silence and said: “I think I call it ‘Bronto’ for short.” Donja was known for her love of animals and the boarding of all types of creatures. Her menagerie of such creatures at home would attest to that. Amanda and her parents also knew well enough not to contest her naming of them. So “Bronto” it would be.

Bronto stopped chewing on the tree limb as it caught a glimpse of humanoids near the opening of the cave. In dinosaur-like strides, it pounced in the direction of the cave. Amanda and her family retreated into the mouth of the cavern.

Beyond its size, Bronto did not appear ferocious or frightening. Its facial features were rather inviting and kindhearted in expression. As Bronto approached the cave, Don and Jane withdrew further within the safety of the cave with their daughters. Bronto was now as close to the cave opening as its proportions permitted. It peered in search of the humanoids it had glimpsed just moments before.