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up to it. Daniel was just about to hop in, when Dad stopped him.
    “You stay here, Daniel,” he advised. “It could be dangerous if there are any toxic fumes and I don’t have another mask for you.”
    Disappointed, Daniel stepped back and watched the men drive out of the yard. Already a stream of vehicles was heading past their farm on the way to the danger zone. He knew it would take several hours to ensure the habitat was thoroughly cleaned and he might as well do something else. He still had Gypsy to see to. He’d left her tied by the water trough.
    “Have you seen Mr. Pederson and Dr. Roost?” Daniel asked, as he walked Gypsy past Mom and Greta.
    “They went to Eastend to talk to the paleontologists there,” Mom said. “They’re going to see what can be done to get the news discreetly out to various museums and contacts so they can keep watch for any unusual activity.”
    “What about Craig?” Daniel asked. “What’s he doing?”
    “He went to Eastend too. You weren’t around or they would have asked you to go along.”
    Daniel nodded, feeling left out of everything.
    “So is Todd still down at the campsite?” He nodded towards the valley below.
    “Todd had to go home,” Mom said.
    “Why?” asked Daniel. Todd had never left early before. Did he know something?
    Mom shrugged her shoulders. “He remembered something he had to take care of.”
    Daniel mounted his horse. “I’ll go see if I can give him a hand.”
    “No, Daniel,” Mom called out. “I don’t want you going over there.”
    “I’ll be fine.” He nudged Gypsy forward.
    “No! I don’t want you anywhere near their dad or their dogs.”
    “Okay,” Daniel reined Gypsy in reluctantly. “When will Mr. Pederson and the others be back?”
    “Hard to say. They talked about stopping at other places along the way.”
    He guided Gypsy to the corral gate, slid off her back and opened the gate. Then he removed her bridle and released her.
    As he headed to the house, Daniel wished he were with Mr. Pederson, Dr. Roost and Craig. There was nothing else for him to do except think of the problems they had. The oil spill would be cleaned up by the end of the day, but the loss of the Stygimoloch meant he and Pederson couldn’t do any further research on the species, and there wasn’t much information available about them.
    The laboratory examinations of the fossils would have been so rewarding – especially as he’d seen a Stygimoloch in real life on his last trip to prehistoric time with Dr. Roost. They’d brought photographs back to help with their investigations, but that wouldn’t mean much now. And they couldn’t show the photographs to anyone, because no one would believe they weren’t faked.
    Daniel stopped in his tracks. There was one way of studying the Stygimoloch , but it was simply too dangerous. Besides, he’d promised himself he would give up travelling to the Cretaceous Period. He did have a way to go, though, because he had managed to bring back a pressed leaf and a small piece of branch – both keys to the doorway into the past. Daniel had hidden the specimens where he hoped no one would find them. He didn’t want to chance anyone accidentally being transported into the time of the dinosaurs, as he had been before.
    Wait a minute! Why was he even thinking about going back to the past? Did he really want to go? Daniel shuddered. No way! He continued walking to the house.
    In the dining room, Daniel dug around in the bottom drawer of his dad’s desk for the Rural Municipality map. Spreading it out on the table, he traced the various roads and trails, trying to guess where the load of fossils might have been hauled. But no one route stood out in his mind, even though he was more familiar with the local landscape than most people were, because he had travelled throughout the surrounding area many times while searching for dinosaur fossils. Was there something he hadn’t considered? He closed his eyes and tried to