Sunday, June 14, 2009
BOOK REVIEWS #9 (THE DINOSAURS NEXT DOOR)
One inventor Mr. Puff lives in a tall, little odd house. His neighbor and friend is Sam. Sam often visits Mr. Puff after school and see many his inventions.
One day, Mr. Puff showed one thing to Sam. They were dinosaurs eggs! Just then, one blue spotted egg began to jiggle and finally hatched! After that, others also hatched and there are four little dinosaurs! Mr. Puff and Sam fed them some cat food and salad after the dinosaur book belongs to Sam.
As days go by, dinosaurs grow and become bigger and bigger. Mr. Puff began to feel fear of them. So, Mr. Puff talked about that to Sam. Sam said him "Can't you invent something to stop growing of them?" The words impressed Mr. Puff, because Mr. Puff invented a machine to make things shrink or grow.
They made dinosaurs shrink with the machine smoothly. But when then try to shrink last one at the bathroom, Sam slipped and missed the target. Mr. Puff and Sam became as small as dinosaurs! So even small dinosaurs was mighty menace for them. But then, the cat which was so big for them of Mr. Puff helped them.
They began to ready for returning to their original sizes. They got to the extent of shifting the lever of the machine. If they shift it, they will be able to return. But they are too small and light to shift it. Just then, Mr. Puff's cat jumped on the machine and shifted it with her paw. They returned to real them! Then, Mr. Puff and Sam caught the small dinosaurs in a harry.
After that, Sam often came to saw Mr. Puff's cat and gives her a saucer of milk as a proof of his thank.
I really like dinosaurs since I was a little girl. I don't know the cause of that, but I had so many books or picture books about them and I liked watching them. So, this story made me so excited!
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