Thursday, March 31, 2005

The story of a sea lamprey

A long time ago, a sea lamprey which lived in the open ocean stumbled on the reef. [Now, sea lampreys normally live out in the open sea. They suck blood from other animals, but this one preferred small fish.] The lamprey chased a bluegill longfin aruond in circles, but the longfin broke the circle and zipped for the cover of coral. The lamprey looked like an eel, but it had a circular mouth with rows of sharp teeth.

Friday, March 18, 2005

The Meerkats

A meerkat scampered out of a hole and chased a small rock dinosaur into the long grass where the colony's tunnel entrances ended. The meerkat's name was Snap. Snap disappeared into the grass, and he hunted through the grass for rock dinosaurs.

The Rock Dinosaurs

In Africa, there is an undiscovered [discovered only by me, Professor Hari Parasu] species of creature, called a rockosaur. They are small tiny tyrannosaurs made of rock. I will tell you a tale about one of these little-known creatures. This is the story:


One day a rockosaur, named Harry, scurried down out of the long grass and ran down a small ridge. His current location was in the midst of a series of meerkat tunnel entrances. He chose one and hopped in. Harry then scampered past a drowsy meerkat and zipped and zigzagged through the tunnels. He ended up somewhere at the west end of the labyrinth of tunnels and passages. Harry clambered up a tunnel, up further, and on until he bulleted upwards altogether. When he got out of the tunnels, he scrambled here and there, chasing other rockosaurs until a meerkat barked a warning.Then it charged toward Harry. Harry bolted, and scampered up the ridge and disappeared into the grass.

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Time Warp Episodes: Travel to the Eocene

Just get in, Hari told C.J. "We're bringing tons of videogames, remember?" They set the dial for a 100 million years and pressed the button. Suddenly, dinosaurs whizzed by outside. The time machine stopped. C.J opened the hatch and looked around. Hey, this is weird !" they said. They found some people and said they needed a million dollars. The people handed them some rocks and stones. Hari and C.J. tossed them aside, and said, "No, money." "Hoo haa hoo!" hooted the people. C.J. turned to Hari and said, "We went too far back in time. To the time of cavemen." The two scampered back to the time machine and pressed the E button.
"What's that E mean?"


The prehistoric Eocene period," replied Hari. They came into a totally weird spot, in a jungle! They wandered about, and once came upon a weasel-like creature, an Ailuravus , and it jumped on them in a burst of licking. C.J. inquired if they could take it home, as it appeared to like them.
Hari said not to, because they didn't know what it ate. He grabbed some oil palm tree fruit and tried it. "Yum! Good!" he said. He went back to the time machine and C.J. said, "Why did you eat that fruit?" Hari came out of the time machine. "I put the oil palm tree fruit in our snack storage. I just tried it to see if it tasted good." The boys ducked under a vine and scrambled into the forest. They collected a lot of Elaeis [oil palm] tree fruit. Then they went back to the time machine and put all the fruit away. A strange growl came from a nearby thicket.

Sunday, March 06, 2005

The Housecat

A rust-colored cat named Jake lounged in the trees. Suddenly, a flock of robins fluttered down and perched on his favorite tree! He hissed and scrambled up the tree trunk, and pounced on the nearest one. There was a scuffle of feathers and fur, a squawk, and a snarl. Jake tumbled from the tree and bolted. Feathers flew in a trail behind him. He hid in a tree and gobbled up his bird. I forgot to tell you that Jake was the type of domestic cat called a chameleon cat.

He leaped down and changed green to match the grass. He saw his rival, Tiger, another cat, prowling around at the corner. He crawled onto the road and flashed black. Tiger growled and sprang around. Too late. Jake leaped up and cuffed Tiger soundly, scratching off a handful of tan fur. Then he scratched Tiger on the face. Jake fled for no reason. Tiger scrambled after him. Jake hopped into the grass and turned green. Tiger scurried by, snarling. Slowly, Jake made it to his house. The door opened, and his owner, a kid named Tom Bricker let him in. Jake padded silently into his favorite room, which had two aquariums swarming with fish. Jake stalked grandly out of the house. Suddenly, Jake turned into a kind of cat called an Abyssinian. But Jake wasn't satisfied with Abyssinian colors.

He turned into a gray cat with black stripes and black rings along his tail.