Maisie Lockwood Adventures #1: Off the Grid (Jurassic World) by Tess Sharpe

Author:Tess Sharpe [Sharpe, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2022-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

Pi pushed her face into Maisie’s hand eagerly, and then—swipe!—sliminess as the dinosaur’s tongue licked Maisie’s fingers. There was nectarine-scented dino drool everywhere.

“Um…thank you?” Maisie said, trying not to make a face or to dunk her hand in the water immediately to wash it off. She continued to run her hand along Pi’s nose, looking over her shoulder to see that Zak had finally left the trail and was on the bank with Bryn. Hannah had sat down next to Tri, who seemed content to lie by the shore and lap up the water, rather than jump in it like Pi had.

“She’s kind of sleepy, isn’t she?” Maisie asked Hannah.

“A girl after my own heart,” Hannah joked, patting the dinosaur’s frill as she leaned against Tri’s side. She pulled a worn paperback book from her back pocket and began to read.

“Zak, don’t you want to come in the water?” Violet asked.

“I don’t have my suit,” Zak said. “I’ll keep Bryn company.”

“I’m on team not getting crushed by a dinosaur,” Hannah added. “Pi’s like my pesky two-year-old sister in the bathtub.”

Maisie giggled. That did describe Pi’s behavior. The dinosaur had finally pulled away from her and begun to wade toward the waterfall. She stuck her head beneath it in a dinosaur version of a shower and shook her entire body, her tail wiggling in the water like a snake.

This was Maisie’s chance: she wanted to get a better look at Pi’s tail. It didn’t seem to bother the dinosaur, but the crook in it made her wonder if it had been broken at some point.

“Hey, will you help me?” she asked Violet. “I want to look at Pi’s tail.”

“Sure,” Violet said.

Together, the girls waded deeper into the pool toward the waterfall, where Pi was having the time of her life. She was even munching on some plants that sprouted from the rocks.

“So do we grab it?” Violet asked.

Maisie frowned. “I think if we get on either side of her tail, we can kind of trap it?”

Violet nodded in understanding. “I’ll get on this side.” She positioned herself behind Pi’s twitching tail while Maisie stood in front of it.

Pi was still snacking on the plants, so Maisie walked forward until she was waist-deep in the pool. Pi’s tail swung back and forth underwater as she ate. Maisie plunged her hands into the water, her skin prickling at the cold and then at the rough texture as her fingers made contact with Pi’s tail.

It stopped twitching as soon as Maisie touched it. The dinosaur looked over her shoulder at the girl, as if she expected her to pull it like a naughty toddler would do with a cat.

“It’s okay, Pi,” Maisie told her. “I just wanted to make sure you’re not hurt.” She ran her hand farther up, feeling the bump that was the crook in Pi’s tail. There wasn’t even a scar. Whatever had happened to Pi’s tail had happened long ago—probably before she was even taken off Isla Nublar.

“There you go,” Maisie said, pulling her hands away.

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