Ekin and the Dinosaurs
A time-machine adventure
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A time-machine adventure
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The story · 1 of 6
In the garage, Ekin had built a time machine with Dad, because every great adventure starts with a good plan. It was made from old bicycle parts and a kitchen timer, and it had one big red button and a dial that could point to any time at all. One sunny Saturday, Ekin turned the dial all the way back, to the time of the dinosaurs, and he pressed the button with a brave finger. The machine shook, the lights blinked, and the whole garage disappeared.
The story · 2 of 6
When the machine stopped shaking, Ekin opened the door and stepped out into a green valley, millions of years in the past. A Brachiosaurus, as tall as a house, was eating leaves from the very top of a tree, because its long neck could reach food that no other animal could touch. But then Ekin looked back at his machine, and his smile faded: a falling branch had cracked the time crystal on the landing, and without it the machine could not fly home.
The story · 3 of 6
Ekin knew he had to fix the machine with parts from nature, because there were no shops millions of years ago. He made a careful list in his head: a clear crystal to replace the broken one, a strong vine to tie the loose lever, sticky tree sap to hold the door shut, and a smooth round stone for a new wheel. On the way to the river, he saw a Triceratops with three sharp horns and a Stegosaurus with flat plates along its back, and he walked quietly past them, because wild animals should always be given space.
The story · 4 of 6
Then the ground began to shake, and a Tyrannosaurus rex stepped out from behind the trees. It was the biggest and scariest dinosaur Ekin had ever seen, with teeth as long as bananas and tiny arms that could not reach its own lunch. Ekin did not shout and he did not run, because shouting and running would only make a hunter look twice. Instead he crouched down very still and quiet behind a big soft fern, and he waited until the great dinosaur walked away to hunt somewhere else. When the ground stopped shaking, a fast little Velociraptor dashed past on its long legs, too busy to notice a boy behind a fern.
The story · 5 of 6
At the river, Ekin found a clear quartz crystal sparkling in the shallow water, and he lifted it out with care. He found a strong vine to tie the lever, sticky sap from a tall tree to hold the door, and a smooth round stone that rolled perfectly as a new wheel. One by one, he fixed every broken part, because the best tools are often the ones nature leaves lying around. Far across the valley, an Ankylosaurus watched him from behind its armor plates, and its heavy club tail rested quietly on the ground.
The story · 6 of 6
Ekin put the shining crystal into the machine, and it glowed like a little sun. The machine hummed, the lights blinked, and Ekin pressed the big red button. In one big shake, he was back in the garage, just in time for dinner, with a small smooth stone still in his pocket. “Where have you been?” Dad asked. Ekin smiled, because some stories are too big for one sentence. “Millions of years away,” he said, “and back again.”