Free In the Ice Age : In the Ice Age (9780307532497) by Jan (ILT) J. C.; Gerardi Greenburg Page B

like the Tyrannosaurus egg they had found 65 million years ago.

    “Beeper!”
yelled Andrew. “How did this egg get here?”
    “Oh!” said Beeper. “I found it outside when I was looking for my camera.”
    Winka shook her head. “Beeper, bringing a Tyrannosaurus to the Ice Age is
so
wrong,” she said. “We’ve told you before, we must not interfere with the past.”
    WHOOOMF! WHOOOMF! WHOOOMF!
    They all turned toward the door. Something was coming. Something big!

  A MAMMOTH PROBLEM
    Something dark and furry blocked the light from the open door.
    In the dimness, Andrew could see … a trunk! It looked like an elephant’s trunk, but this one was very hairy. The trunk was attached to a dark furry face. Thick yellow tusks sprouted beneath the trunk.
    meep …
“Woolly mammoth!” squeaked Thudd.
    The trunk snaked through the door and wrapped itself around Judy’s waist.
    “Yaaaaahhhh!”
yelled Judy as the trunk began dragging her out of the Time-A-Tron.

    Winka flung herself at Judy and hung on.
    bong …
    The door closed—on the mammoth’s trunk!
    The trunk let go of Judy and tugged itself out of the door.
    “Cheese Louise!” said Judy, flopping to the floor.
    Suddenly the Time-A-Tron began to totter. It was tipping!
    KRUNK!
    The Time-A-Tron fell on its side and started to roll. Inside the compartment, everyone was tumbling like popcorn.
    “Beeper!” yelled Winka. “Grab that egg! Let’s get to our seats and buckle up.”
    Andrew, Judy, and then Beeper with the egg made their way into the upper compartment and strapped themselves in.
    “Wowzers schnauzers!” said Andrew, looking out the window. “The mammoth is
rolling
us!”
    “It’s like we’re in a circus!” said Beeper.
    “My stomach feels yucky,” said Judy.
    The mammoth was shoving them toward a jagged line of craggy mountains. Thudd pointed to a huge wall of ice stretched between two of the highest ones.
    meep …
“Glacier!” he said. “Moving ice mountain!”
    The mammoth stopped and wagged its trunk in the air.
    “It smells something,” said Winka.
    A creature crept out of the glacier. It looked like a heap of fur on two feet! The creature ran to the Time-A-Tron. There was pounding at the Time-A-Tron’s door.
    bong …
“Who is there?” asked the Time-A-Tron.
    “Ubble … UBBLE!” came a muffled sound.
    bong …
“Professor Dubble is here!” said the Time-A-Tron, opening the door.
    They unbuckled their seat belts and rushed into the bottom compartment.
    The pile of fur in the doorway seemed to bow. Fur pieces tumbled from it. Underneath the falling fur was Uncle Al, dressed like a bear.
    “Hey, Uncle Al!” yelled Andrew and Judy. They scrambled into his fuzzy arms.
    “Hiya, Unkie!” squeaked Thudd.
    “Hello, Alfred,” said Winka, smiling.
    Uncle Al hugged them all.

    “I
knew
Max would find you,” he said with a big smile. “And the Time-A-Tron has taken good care of you. You all look great!”
    “You don’t look anything like a clown, sir,” said Beeper.
    “What?”
said Judy.
    “My uncle calls
your
uncle a clown,” explained Beeper. “But I don’t think he’s right.”
    Uncle Al laughed. “Thank you, Beeper,” he said. “And what would your uncle Kron-Toxsay if he saw you in your underpants holding a huge
…
egg? Beeper, don’t tell me you’ve got a dinosaur egg there!”
    Beeper grinned. “A monster fish pulled off my pants 360 million years ago,” he said. “And don’t worry sir, I won’t tell you about the egg.”
    Uncle Al shook his head. “We’ll deal with that later,” he said as he picked through the pile of fur. “But first we have to get you dressed for the Ice Age.”
    “What?”
said Judy. “Uncle Al, now that we’ve found you, can’t we just go back to our own time? Doctor Kron-Tox is after us. He could catch up with us any minute.”
    The twinkle in Uncle Al’s eyes faded.
    “It’s not that simple,” he said. He handed Judy a cape of shaggy brown fur. “There’s