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Amanda and Donja went to bed early that night. Their parents chose not to rest to avoid accidentally sleeping through the designated hour. As the girls slept, their parents packed a few mementoes even though they realized nobody would believe their adventure. Meanwhile, Bronto, Screecher and Puffy lay outside the cave entrance not wanting to wander far from their saddened friends.

As the time approached to leave, their parents awakened Donja and Amanda gently. They only managed to mutter, “It’s time.” The girls gathered their backpacks and headed toward the entrance of the cave. Amanda and Donja hugged Bronto, Screecher and Puffy as they left. Their dinosaur friends followed the girls sensing that they would never again return to the cave.

Amanda, Donja and their parents arrived safely near the point from which they entered long ago past. Their father spotted the pile of wood and stones left to mark the entryway. It was only five minutes before midnight, but it seemed like an eternity. As their father told everybody to get ready, the girls hugged Bronto, Puffy and Screecher one last time.

It was now midnight. Amanda’s father searched around for the portal with his outstretched hands. As if a door just opened, the gel-like stuff appeared. Donja and Amanda held on to their parents as they wobbled their way back through the portal.

Amanda and Donja waved goodbye to their dinosaur friends and then disappeared. Bronto, Screecher and Puffy returned to the cave and lay where they often played with the girls.

Donja, Amanda and their parents found themselves back in the cave at the children’s museum. As they stepped out of the cave, the museum’s alarms sounded and pierced the once eerie silence.