Microsaurs--Follow that Tiny-Dactyl by Dustin Hansen

Author:Dustin Hansen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

The three of us watched Bruno 2 roll around on the shreds of my red shirtsleeve.

“Hmm,” Professor Penrod said. “Well, there goes my theory.”

“What was your theory, Penny?” Lin asked.

“I always thought Microsaurs were color-blind.”

CHAPTER 10

TAXI!

After solving the Bruno 2 problem, it was time to turn our attention to an even bigger issue. The issue of getting bigger.

Professor Penrod explained how the machine worked, and I really wished that my dad was there to help. He’d know just what to do in a pinch like this.

“A purple liquid, which is a compound mixture of Burbankian cactus root oil, hydrogenated phosphorus, pomegranate amalgamate, and a small amount of grape soda, shoots through this pipe here. Then the liquid is dispersed into the air with this mister right here.” He pointed to what looked like an old showerhead. “But none of that matters without the power. The real juice that makes this machine purr.”

“How much power are we talking about here? Twelve volts? A hundred? A thousand?” I asked, my eyes getting bigger with each suggestion.

“Oh no. Being the size we are now, a single volt would do the trick. The power source that Twoee destroyed was a nearly dead watch battery,” Professor Penrod said.

I pulled out my phone and launched the SpyZoom app. Sometimes it helped me to focus on something entirely new for a few minutes. I don’t know why it works, but it does. In fact, one time I figured out how to wire a lightbulb for my science project while mowing the lawn. It’s funny how the brain works. The clock in the weather section of my SpyZoom app said is was 2:48. Just 1 hour, 12 minutes, and 14 seconds until Ramp-O-Saurus time.

“Do you think we could have Bruno 2 run in a big hamster wheel or something? I bet that would generate a volt or two,” Lin suggested.

“That’s a really good idea, Lin. If only we had a triceratops-sized hamster wheel,” Professor Penrod said.

I was watching the GPS window in the SpyZoom app and noticed something odd. The beacon had stopped moving.

“Professor Penrod. Do you know where this is?” I showed him the little GPS map, and he studied it.

“If I’m reading this right, I’d say that it is somewhere just outside of the Microterium. Back on my lab table in my barn-lab, I’d guess,” he said. “What is it, Danny?”

“It’s one of my dad’s inventions. It’s a SpyZoom Micro-GPS Beacon. One of the pterodactyls actually brought it here. Ripped it right off Lin’s helmet. We followed it to the lab. It’s how we found you,” I explained.

“That’s right. We never found the little thief, did we, Danny?” Lin said.

“Well, we might need it now more than ever,” I said.

“Why is that?” Professor Penrod said.

“Because it generates its own power. And guess how much it needs to operate?” I said with a smile. I had that awesome feeling, one of my all-time favorite feelings, the feeling that I had just solved an unsolvable problem. “Point-nine volts. Do you think that will be enough?”

“It’ll have to be, won’t it?” Professor Penrod said.

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