to jostle with the others.

"
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"Dean, you must obey me. I know how dangerous it is to get off the
rocks. You can use your long neck to help you get a good drink even
at the rocky end."
A Brachiosaurus Rain Storm
The small family joined the crowd of animals searching for the last
By Mary Lynn Bushong drops of water that could be found for miles. As Dean and his family
stretched out their long necks past the others, drops of rain fell from
"I'm hot and thirsty, Dad. the sky. At first, the drops soaked into the ground and the hides of all
Could we get a drink now?" of the parched animals. Then it started raining harder. No one could
young Dean asked his remember when it had rained this hard.
father.
Dean and his family enjoyed the rain, and Dean played in the
"I know, Son," said the puddles. He splashed in the mud and enjoyed the cool rain running
older dinosaur. "I'm thirsty, down his neck and back. After a while, the rain was so hard that they
too. If it doesn't rain soon, I had to find shelter.
think we will need to move
away from this place. There It rained for many days, and the watering hole filled up again. Then
is only a little water left in the grass and trees started turning a deep dark green, just like they
the great watering hole. once had been. Food was plentiful for all of the dinosaurs. The
Soon there will be nothing but mud." brachiosaurs would not be leaving this valley any time soon.

The family of brachiosaurs lived in this valley for as long as anyone

could remember. Life used to be very good here for all of the A Brachiosaurus Rain Storm
dinosaurs, but it had been a very long time since rain had come to the
valley. Food was getting hard to find, too. Most of the low-growing Questions
vegetation had been gone for a long time.

Many of the other dinosaurs had left this valley to find food and 1. Dean was hot and ______.
water in other places, but word had come back that it was not much A. sweaty
better in the neighboring valleys. B. tired
C. wet
Dean's father stretched his long neck way up into the trees to reach D. thirsty
the few good leaves that remained. Father gave Dean's mother a few
of the leaves and then reached back up into the tree to get Dean a few. 2. Dean's father said that if it didn't rain soon, they would need to
do what?
"We will go down to the watering hole now, Dean. I want you to be A. move from the valley
very careful when we get there," said Father. "We'll go down to the B. go to Disney World
water's edge at the rocky end of the watering hole. You stay with your C. ask for government assistance
mother and me. Many of the other dinosaurs who went to the other D. dig a well
end got stuck in the mud. Most never get out of that sticky muck!"

"Yes, Father. I've seen what happens to the ones that get stuck in the
mud, but it's so crowded at the rocky end. I think that with my long
neck, I could reach out past the mud and get a nice drink and not have
 8. Dean and his family enjoyed the rain, but after awhile, they
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3. The Brachiosaurs family had just moved to the valley.

A. True
B. False

4. Life used to be very good for the dinosaurs in this valley.

A. True
B. False What could have happened to Dean if he had gone off on his own at
the watering hole?
5. Dean's father said that they would go down to the watering
hole at the ______ end.

6. What happened to dinosaurs that went to the other end of the

watering hole?
A. They got a nice drink of water.
B. They made friends.
C. They got stuck in the mud.
D. They found food.

7. What happened when Dean and his family stretched out their
necks to get a drink of water?
A. They just got a nice drink.
B. The rain started.
C. They were struck by lightning.
D. The other dinosaurs were upset with them.
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If the rain had not come, what could Dean and his family do to
survive?