Chapter ONE Dinosaur Craze Paisley had an active imagination but even she had a hard time imagining that a farmer would’ve found dinosaur fossils only thirty-eight miles from Roarington Dinosaur fossils right at the diamond-shaped base of Roaring Mountain This is epic news her best friend Ben said Paisley tried to picture dinosaurs roaming around prehistoric Roarington Paleontologists were studying the fossils at the university to find out more Paisley hoped her dad would get some inside details since he was a biologist there 6
The kids at Roarington Elementary went wild about the dinosaur discovery The principal Mrs Proton even led a campus dig for the fifth grade students before school started Suki and Sumi dressed up in matching safari outfits though they didn’t want to get dirty The perfectionist Whitney-Raelynn surprised Paisley when she dug a hole with her bare hands I’ll find the most complete dinosaur skeleton in history she said Ben dug a little faster Whitney-Raelynn’s fancy sweater was covered in more dirt than Paisley’s T-shirt Paisley took pride that she had a bruise on her shoulder from her crazy adventures that Whitney-Raelynn didn’t have Dinosaurs can’t come back to life the way they do in the movies can they Arjun asked as he uncovered something white and solid RRRrrroooar Rosalind yelled as she wheeled up behind him Aaaaah Arjun screamed He ran away from the rock he was digging up with a speed that might’ve 8
rivaled the ostrich-like dinosaur Dromiceiomimus Rosalind laughed so hard she had a coughing fit That was the most exciting part of the dig since no one had any luck finding fossils Paisley planned on digging in her backyard with Ben later Too bad his was mostly concrete between the porch and the swimming pool Once the morning bell rang the teachers at Roarington Elementary assigned all kinds of school projects about dinosaurs Paisley and Ben had to read dinosaur books write dinosaur stories and Mrs Decibel even had them sing dinosaur songs For your next project you’ll create a model of what you think the dinosaur might’ve looked like Mrs Beaker the science teacher said These terrible lizards are going to give me a lifetime of nightmares Arjun said Paisley laughed but not as loud as Rosalind The word dinosaur meant terrible lizard though they weren’t actually lizards Paisley didn’t think they were terrible either 9
