Saving Money by Raymond Bean

Author:Raymond Bean [Bean, Raymond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 9781434264176; Benji Franklin; Benji Franklin book; humor; adventure; Stone Arch; Capstone
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Published: 2015-12-21T05:00:00+00:00

“You have living dinosaurs!” I exclaimed.

“You could say that,” a woman across the larger table said. From the expression on Dr. Snow’s face, I could tell he didn’t like the woman very much.

“We don’t have to get into all the specifics, Professor Kent,” Dr. Snow said, interrupting.

“If he’s going to help, doctor, he’s going to need all the details. We don’t have much time,” Dr. Kent replied.

“How does all this involve Benji?” Dad asked.

“As I hinted on the phone last night, we have a situation,” said Dr. Snow.

“Good grief! Just come out with it already,” Dr. Kent shouted. “The Troodon escaped!”

“We have, um, misplaced them,” Dr. Snow corrected her.

“They’re out of their pens, and we haven’t seen them in forty-eight hours! They’re probably still in the woods behind the Institute, but there’s no way to be sure,” Dr. Kent added.

I was still trying to fully comprehend that they had living dinosaurs on the loose. The room was silent, and they were all looking at me.

“I’m not sure what you guys want me for,” I said.

“You created Excuse Yourself. If there’s anyone who can think of a way out of this situation, it’s you,” Dr. Snow said.

Dr. Snow seemed really worried to me in that moment. It was like he was a kid that got in trouble and couldn’t get himself out. Dr. Kent acted a little like his mother (although she obviously wasn’t!).

“You realize I created that app in my sixth-grade tech class?” I said. “I’m not a scientist or anything.”

“Yes, but you’re an expert in creating excuses,” said Dr. Snow. “We need several if we’re going to keep this from the public. Do you know what will happen if people learn prehistoric beasts are roaming around the city?”

“I can’t imagine they’ll be too happy,” Dad said.

Dr. Kent added, “Benji, catching these dinosaurs isn’t going to be easy. They’re highly intelligent, and the land behind our facility extends for miles. If we don’t catch them soon, and they make contact with people, we’re going to have a much bigger problem on our hands.”

Dr. Snow agreed. “We have to catch them in a way that no one knows this little mishap ever took place,” he said. “We want to continue to study the Troodon in secrecy at another location. If the public learns about their existence, we’ll never have peace again, and the Troodon will be doomed.”

I didn’t want to be rude or anything, but I had to ask. “I hope you guys don’t take this the wrong way, but if you were clever enough to figure out how to clone live dinosaurs, shouldn’t you be able to figure out a way to catch them without my help?”

“We didn’t clone them, Benji,” Dr. Kent shared. “Dr. Snow, who happens to be very wealthy, paid the world’s leading biologists to clone the Troodon.”

“Once the dinosaurs escaped,” she said, “the scientists were afraid of getting in trouble, so they bailed out. They left us to clean up the mess.”

“So if you hired scientists to do the work, what are you guys?” I asked.

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