dino story- the clumsy club

 the clumsy club
Once upon a time , a long time ago , there was a young Ankylosaurus called Archie
Archie was a tough-looking dinosaur , but he was ever so shy and ever so clumsy. 
Archie had a huge club at the end of his tail . It seemed to do the exact opposite of what he wanted it to do. 
Poor Archie often destroyed things just by
wandering past them , because when he
walked . his club swiped from side to side. 
So Archie spent a lot of time saying sorry to
other dinosaurs . His club was always getting
him into trouble. 
''Watch your club!'' grumbled an old Edmontonia. ''I don't know why you've
got a tail Club, if you can't control it. ''
But poor Archie was still learning what his club could do. 
Archie's best friend was a Styracosaurus
called Stu . Archie and Stu had lots of fun
playing together . But even with Stu sticking up for him , Archie was still left out of games - he was just too clumsy. 
''Stu ! Come and play hide and seek ,'' shouted an Ornithomimus called Olivia , one day.
''HE can't play though ,'' added OliVia , Pointing to Archie . " He'll knock half the forest down before we've had time to hide. ''
It made Archie feel sad , but he told Stu to go and Play with everyone anyway. 
Archie stood and watched as all the other dinosaurs ran off to hide in different places in the forest. 
''Can I at least help you find them ? " Archie asked Olivia , as he lumbered up to her. 
''Ssshh . . 18 . 19 . 20 . Coming!''
she shouted. ''Oh, I suppose so ,'' she replied , ''just try to be quiet. ''
Olvia and Archie started hunting for the other dinosaurs. 
But suddenly Archie spotted a dinosaur who wasn't part of their game. 
''Olvia!''shouted Archie. 
''Will you Ssshh~'' replied Olivia crossly. 
''T REX! " hissed Archie. 
''What ?'' shrieked Olivia . ''T REEEEEX !'' she
screamed , as she overtook Archie and sped towards a nearby cave. 
Archie could see the other dinosaurs already
hiding in the cave. 
Stu was waiting for him , but was Archite going to get there in time ? Just
as he got to the cave there was a thundering roar and the ground began to shake. 
Archie wondered what had hit with his club this time . When he looked behind him the sky was filling with Smoke. 
A huge , rumbling volcano shot fiery balls of lava into the air . and Archie still hadn't
reached the cave. 
Everyone else ducked inside. 
Just as an enormous rockfall filled the cave entrance. 
Rocks , bits of tree and hot ash fell from the sky and bounced off Archie's hard armoured body. 
Archie huddled close to the cave as the eruption continued .
He sliped hot lava away with his tail club
and as the eruption calmed . And Archie began pushing at the rocks blocking the cave
''I …can't… shift… any of them ,'' he grunted. 
''Try harder !'' shouted Stu from inside the cave
''We've been trying to move rocks from inside here , but we can only move the little ones. ''
Olivia squeezed her head through the small gap Stu was making from the outside. 
''Archie !'' called Olivia . " Now would be a great time to use your Club!'' she suggested
''No ! I'lI hurt someone ,'' said Archie . " I always break something with it. ''
''You'll be fine - just give it a Swipe and see which rocks you can move . But hurry
Arichie!'' shouted Olivia . ''T rex is back !
'' Just give your tail a swish and try . Please ?'' called Stu. 
So Archie flicked his tail from Side to side and
a few rocks fell from around the cave entrance. 
He swiped one way , then the other . finally , Arichie started to spin and his Club slammed into the fallen rocks
As T-rex got closer , small trees and boulders were caught up in Archie's whirling. 
Archie spun faster and faster until T rex , trying to dodge the debris , was hit by a large
flying branch. 
T rex was knocked out cold As Archie slowed to a stop , he saw the rocks around the cave had shifted too. 
''Well done Archie.'' shouted the dinosaurs from inside the cave. 
''Thanks Archie ,'' whispered each dinosaur as they tiptoed over T rex to leave the cave
''You took on a T rex with your tail ? whispered a small? '' Edmontonia .'' Amazing!''
Archie felt enormously proud of his tail club. 
Archie was soon part of everyone's games and found he was especially good at rock-ball. 
''Archie - your club really is awesome ! " laughed Olivia.