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Out in the ocean the carcass of the thermosaurus floated, claws outspread, belly glistening in the gray light, and over him circled two birds. As I reached the shelter I knelt and fired into the mass of scales, and at my first shot a horrible thing occurred the lizard-like head writhed, the slitted yellow eyes sliding open from the film that covered them.
"'Do you know what a thermosaurus is? she asked. "'If I am to guess, said I, 'I guess it's a jelly-fish. "'It's that big, ugly, horrible creature that I showed you in the shed! cried Daisy, impatiently. "'Eh! I stammered. "'Not papier-maché, either, she continued, excitedly; 'it's a real one. "This was pleasant news. I glanced instinctively at my rifle and then at the ocean.
"I nodded vaguely, as though anticipating a delightful introduction to a nautical friend. "'You don't seem astonished, she said, reproachfully. "'Why should I be? I asked. "'Please turn your eyes towards the water. Suppose a thermosaurus should look out of the waves! "'Well, said I, 'in that case the pleasure would be mutual. "She frowned and bit her upper lip.
"It doesn't matter," I said, "I never noticed any style at all in your story of the thermosaurus." He smiled gratefully, and passed his hand over his face; a far-away expression came into his eyes, and he slowly began, hesitating, as though talking to himself: "It was high noon in the city of Antwerp.
Professor Bruce Stoddard's scientific pamphlet will be published soon, to be followed by Professor Holroyd's sixteen volumes. In a few days the stuffed and mounted thermosaurus will be placed on free public exhibition in the arena of Madison Square Garden, the only building in the city large enough to contain the body of this immense winged reptile."
"'Your duty with that rifle is this: if we are fortunate enough to see the body of the thermosaurus come floating by, you are to take good aim and fire fire rapidly every bullet in the magazine; then reload and fire again, and reload and fire as long as you have any cartridges left. "'A self-feeding Maxim is what I should have, I said, with gentle sarcasm.
The doctor told me I was killing myself with my sedentary habits, so I decided to dig. I don't know a better exercise. Do you? "'I suppose not, I murmured, rather red in the face. I wondered whether he'd mention fossils. "'Did Daisy tell you why we are making our papier-maché thermosaurus? he asked. "I shook my head.
"'What's the Winchester for? I asked. "'Listen, and I will explain. Papa has found out how, I do not exactly understand that there is in the waters of the Gulf Stream the body of a thermosaurus. The creature must have been alive within a year or so. The impenetrable scale-armor that covers its body has, as far as papa knows, prevented its disintegration.
"'Let us first, said I, laughing, 'catch our thermosaurus. "'We must not fail, she said, wistfully. "'We shall not fail, I said, 'for I promise to sit on this sand-hill as long as I live until a thermosaurus appears if that is your wish, Miss Holroyd. "Our eyes met for an instant. She did not chide me, either, for not looking at the ocean. Her eyes were bluer, anyway.
Well, it has been discovered that the kree had prehistoric prototypes. These birds were enormous creatures, who preyed upon mammoths and mastodons, and even upon the great saurians. It has been conclusively proved that a few saurians have been killed by the ancestors of the kree, but the favorite food of these birds was undoubtedly the thermosaurus.
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