Dinosaur's Packed Lunch (2 page)

Miss Smith got very cross and said Dinah wouldn't go on the school trip to the museum if she wasn't careful.

“A museum?” Dinah muttered. “Boring.”

Dinah's best friend, Judy, was still very damp. She didn't feel like sitting next to Dinah on the minibus. She sat next to Danielle, and they kept giggling together.

Dinah had to sit next to Miss Smith.

When they got to the museum Judy went off arm in arm with Danielle.

“I don't care,” said Dinah, sucking her thumb.

Chapter Two

Dinah cheered up when they went into a special dinosaur exhibition. Dinosaurs were huge monsters who lived millions of years ago.

Dinah liked the look of dinosaurs.

Some of the dinosaurs were very fierce and vicious. Judy and Danielle squealed. Dinah didn't mind a bit.

The dinosaurs had huge long names to match their size.

Dinah wasn't very good at reading but she found she had no problem spelling out brontosaurus . . .

. . . and tyrannosaurus and triceratops.

She particularly liked the iguanodon. It had a funny pointed thumb spike. Perhaps the iguanodon sucked its thumb, too.

Miss Smith got cross because Dinah kept lagging behind.

“Hurry up, Dinah. It's lunchtime,” said Miss Smith.

Everyone had a packed lunch except Dinah. Dad always forgot things like packed lunches. Sometimes Judy shared her packed lunch with Dinah. But not today.

“Ooh, my mum's given me prawn sandwiches and a bunch of grapes and a Kit Kat and a can of Coke. Want half my Kit Kat, Danielle?” said Judy.

Dinah crept away, feeling very empty. She wandered back to the iguanodon, sucking her thumb.

“I wish I had a mum to make me a packed lunch,” said Dinah.

A hand reached out and patted her on the shoulder.

A huge scaly hand with a spiked thumb!

The iguanodon reached down and picked Dinah up. It cradled her in its arms, rocking backwards and forwards.

The iguanodon made Dinah her own packed lunch.

She ate a leaf sandwich, a bunch of daisies, a twig snack bar and a bottle of dinosaur juice.