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suddenly, the whole passageway started to shake.
    â€œLook out, Dippa!” shouted Teggs. “The walls are caving in!”
    â€œEeek!” squeaked Goopo. He turned and fled, his brothers close behind. Teggs and Dippa huddled together as big speckled slabs kept on falling. Soon the passage was completely blocked. They were safe from the oviraptors – but now there was no way back to the
Sauropod.

    â€œThere’s only one path we can take now,” said Teggs quietly. “But it’ll lead us right to whatever’s been making that terrible noise!”
    Meanwhile, Gipsy and were huddled outside in a howling gale, wishing they were warm and safe back on the
Sauropod.
Like Teggs and Dippa, they had hidden in one of the great splits in the planet’s surface. But the ledge they were creeping along was very narrow. One slip, and they would fall to their doom.

    â€œI wonder what caused all these cracks,” said Sog nervously. “If it was an earthquake, where’s all the rubble? There’s not a single loose stone round here!”
    â€œMaybe it’s special, super-tough rock,” said Gipsy. “That’s why the explorers’ seeds never grew.” Gipsy’s tracker started beeping loudly. “You know, this thing is going crazy. It reckons the source of that signal is . . . everywhere!”
    â€œShhh!” gasped the little professor. “I think something’s coming!”
    He was right. Something heavy was creeping along the ledge in the opposite direction – straight towards them.

    â€œIt’s too dark!” hissed Gipsy. “I can’t see what it is!”
    â€œIt’s the thing that made that terrible wailing noise!” cried Sog. “I know it is!”

    He hopped onto Gipsy’s tail and scampered up to her shoulder in fright.
    The footsteps shuffled closer and closer . . .

Chapter Eight

THE SECRET OF PLATUS TWO
    â€œHalt!” squawked Professor Sog bravely. He peered out from behind the crest on Gipsy’s head. “Who goes there?”
    A familiar figure came out of the shadows. “Hello, Gipsy! Professor!”

    â€œArx!” squealed Gipsy in delight.
    â€œAnd me!” called Coo from somewhere behind him.
    â€œThank goodness!” gasped Sog. “So, you hid in the crack too!”
    â€œThere was nowhere else to go,” said Arx. He seemed a little out of breath.
    â€œI’m glad we’ve found you. There’s something I think you should see.”
    â€œWhat is it?” asked Gipsy.
    But Arx was already retracing his footsteps. “The path gets very steep down here. Don’t slip!”
    Gipsy and Sog followed them along the ledge. Arx was right – the path dipped down sharply. Gipsy trod carefully, while Sog slithered down on his bottom.
    The air grew warmer. The ledge grew wider. A soft, thudding noise seemed to echo up from the chasm beside them.
    To Gipsy, it sounded like a huge,heavy heartbeat. Her tracker bleeped so loudly she had to turn it off.
    They crept on for what felt like ages. Then, suddenly, the steep path levelled out. Arx came to a sudden stop.

    â€œHere we are,” he said. “A hole. I think it stretches down to the very centre of the planet!”
    Gipsy stared down into the hole. This was the source of the heartbeat sound:
Ba-DUMP
. . .
Ba-DUMP
. . .
Ba-DUMP
. . .
    It was like looking into a deep well. Far below, thick yellowy-white liquid sloshed about like runny custard.
    â€œKeep watching,” Arx murmured.
    Then, just below the slimy surface of the goo . . . something massive moved!
    â€œWhat was that?” Gipsy gasped.

    â€œI think I know,” said Arx. “But if I’m right, we’re in worse trouble than we thought!”
    Even as he spoke, the wall behind them exploded with a mighty crash!
    Coo yelped as bits of the strange, smooth rock flew through the air. Sog hid behind Arx’s head for safety.
    Gipsy