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恐竜の国での冒険（英語版）

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"My Dinosaurs Adventure"
was created especially for

Kenta Suzuki
at the age of 8

with love from
Mommy and Daddy
February 18, 2006

Kenta Suzuki of Yamanashi had a special
dream. His favorite books to read from
the library were always those about
dinosaurs, but he wanted to learn a lot
more about them. As he was thinking
about this, a beautiful white unicorn
appeared at his bedroom window.

To his surprise, the unicorn spoke,
"Kenta, I want to take you to the Land
of the Dinosaurs. Can you come with
me?" Kenta said, "Wow! I would love
to go, but first I must ask permission
and leave a note for Taro, Hideki and
Masaki." Moments later, the unicorn
whisked him back in time to the Land
of the Dinosaurs.

When Kenta and the unicorn arrived at
the shore of the beautiful lake, an
apatosaurus (uh-pat-o-SORE-us)
greeted them. He was longer than a big
school bus. "What is your name?" asked
Kenta. "I don't have one," answered the
plant-eating dinosaur sadly. "No one
has ever named any of us." Kenta
thought for a while and then said, "I
will call you Stretch."

   "Look at that mountain over there!"
   shouted Kenta, pointing off into the
   distance. "Is it on fire?" he asked.
   "Oh no, that's just a volcano," replied
   the unicorn. "look all around you.
   The Land of the Dinosaurs is filled
   with many, many volcanoes, swamps
   and fern jungles." Kenta added, "It's
   also very hot!"

While exploring, they met a stegosaurus
(steg-uh-SORE-us). "He sure does have
a lot of sharp points on his back,"
whispered Kenta. "Those are called
plates," said the unicorn. "A
stegosaurus uses them for protection.
They also trap heat from the sun to
help keep them warm." Kenta told the
stegosaurus, "A great name for you
would be Spike."

Next, Kenta and the unicorn entered a
dense, humid forest where they found
giant ferns and many reptiles of all
sized and shapes. While there, they
heard a strange, snapping sound in the
distance and cautiously crept closer to
investigate. After all, Kenta had
wanted to come here to learn as much
as he could about dinosaurs!

   Not far away, they met an allosaurus
   (al-us-SORE-us). She had large teeth
   and stood on powerful, hind legs. A
   huge tail helped her to stand up. "So
   you are the one who is making all that
   noise," said Kenta. "I shall name you
   Alli." Alli said, "Thank you," as she
   handed Kenta a branch of flowers.

Kenta was having so much fun in the
Land of the Dinosaurs that he had not
noticed that his friend the unicorn was
crying. "Why are you crying?" asked
Kenta. "You have given names to
everyone today except me," sighed the
unicorn. "Oh, I'm sorry. Ariel would
be the perfect name for you," said
Kenta. "I love it!" smiled the
wide-eyed unicorn with a big grin.
"Thank you!"

   As they were talking, a tiny
   compsognathus (komp-sog-NAY-thus),
   about the size of a cat, raced past
   them and said, "You must follow me.
   There is something you will want to
   see." Kenta and Ariel chased after him.
   "Wow! He is as fast as lightning.
   That's a great name for him," shouted
   Kenta as he ran.

   They ran and ran until they came to
   some rugged, rocky cliffs. Lightning
   showed Kenta a nest along the top of
   one of the cliffs and directed him to
   get a close look. The nest contained
   three baby pterodactyls (ter-uh-
   DAK-tuls). "Who is supposed to be
   taking care of these babies?" asked
   Kenta.

"I am!" echoed a voice, circling above
them. Just then a large pterodactyl
glided past them. Kenta found it hard
to believe that a lizard could fly.
Its wing span was about as long as his
arm. Kenta decided that Dack would be
a fine name for a flying lizard. The
father pterodactyl glided down to the
nest. Ariel was quietly talking to
Dack, but Kenta could not hear what
they were saying.

Kenta, Ariel and the pterodactyl flew
back across the Land of the Dinosaurs
until they once more reached the
beautiful lake. This time Kenta saw a
lot of activity at the water's edge.
Dinosaurs were decorating the beach
with streamers and balloons. Kenta
wanted to help decorate and wondered
if he could go to the party.

    As they landed, a pentaceratops
    (pen-tuh-SARE-uh-tops) rushed to
    greet them. Kenta quickly counted the
    five horns on his head and decided to
    call him Penti. Then he asked if he
    could help them decorate. "I want you
    to come with me, but for a different
    reason," replied Penti. "We have a
    surprise for you!"

   The dinosaurs were gathered around
   a large two-tiered cake. "What a
   beautiful cake!" exclaimed Kenta. "It's
   for you!" shouted his new friends. Now
   Kenta knew what Ariel had whispered
   to Dack. The dinosaurs realized that
   Kenta had to return soon and had
   wanted to help him remember his
   first visit to the Land of the
   Dinosaurs.

   After the party, Alli, the allosaurus,
   told Kenta that it was time to leave for
   Yamanashi. Kenta was a bit sad, but
   could hardly wait to tell Taro,
   Hideki and Masaki about his exciting
   adventures. Before he left, they all
   thanked Kenta for the nice names he
   had given them.

   Ariel flew Kenta home and said, "I
   also have a surprise for you, Kenta."
   In his room, he found a dinosaur
   cake with a personalized card signed
   by all the dinosaurs. Kenta hugged
   Ariel for making his secret dream
   come true and told her how much
   he had enjoyed his trip to the Land
   of the dinosaurs. "I will never forget
   what you have done for me! Thank
   you for my fabulous dinosaur
   adventure."

                       Kenta Suzuki
    Here are the pronunciations for the
    dinosaurs you have read about in MY
    DINOSAUR ADVENTURE. Use your
    book to spell them correctly

    (uh-pat-o-SORE-us)________________
    (steg-uh-SORE-us)_________________
    (al-uh-SORE-us)___________________
    (komp-sog-NAY-thus)______________
    (ter-uh-DAK-tuls)__________________
    (pen-tuh-SARE-uh-tops)____________

    What other dinosaurs can you name,
    Kenta?