The Good Dinosaur by Disney Books

Author:Disney Books
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group

They woke up as night fell. Arlo and Spot walked through a meadow. Arlo saw a firefly and had an idea. He was reminded of that night with Poppa, back in the fields of their farm. “Spot, watch this!” he said.

Arlo brushed his tail through the tall meadow grass and hundreds of fireflies floated up. Spot loved it! He chased them excitedly, jumping and snapping at the air, trying to catch each one he saw. Arlo joined him; there were so many to chase.

Then Spot caught one with his hands and showed it to Arlo. The dinosaur smiled and gently blew on it, just like Poppa had. Spot and Arlo watched as the firefly lit up, glowing brightly inside Spot’s hands. Then Spot released it, and the firefly opened its wings and rose up into the sky. They watched it flickering and flashing as it flew off and disappeared into the night.

Arlo’s smile soon faded as he thought about Poppa and his family at home. “I miss my family,” he said quietly.

Spot looked up at Arlo with his face twisted in a confused expression and tilted his head. He didn’t seem to understand.

“Family,” Arlo said, trying to think of a way to explain.

Arlo broke some sticks and made dinosaur shapes with them. “That’s me,” he said, placing it on the ground in front of Spot. He continued, placing each one down as he spoke. “There’s Libby, and Buck, and Momma…” He placed the last one down. “And—and Poppa.” He drew a big circle in the dirt around all the figures and said the word again: “Family.”

Spot sniffed the figures curiously but still didn’t seem to understand. “That’s okay,” Arlo said, trying to hide his feelings of disappointment.

Arlo rested on the ground as Spot scurried off, rummaging through some nearby bushes. He returned with some twigs, broke them, and set them down. They looked like three human shapes. Then Spot drew a big circle around his stick figures.

“Yes,” said Arlo, perking up. “That’s your family.”

Spot took two of the figures and laid them flat on the ground. He covered them with dirt and looked up at Arlo, sniffing sadly. Arlo understood what Spot was trying to say: his parents had died.

Arlo took the figure of Poppa and covered it with dirt, too. “I miss him,” Arlo said.

Spot reached over and patted Arlo’s leg, comforting him. Then he returned to his stick figures and howled at the moon. “Arroooowah!”

Even though Spot didn’t talk, he had a way of communicating that he was sad. And that he was still hurting as he remembered painful things. Arlo had been hurting over Poppa for a long time. And until now, he’d never really tried to talk about it.

But this was as good a time as any. Arlo joined Spot and howled, too.

Under the giant sky and a million twinkling stars, the two friends howled at the moon, releasing their sadness into the night.

“Arrrroooooooowah!”

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.