Ramble On

(The following story is a full reproduction of one of Jackson’s stories. It hasn’t made it all the way through the editorial process yet…)

Chapter 1

My parents and I were on a hike in the forest, when all of a sudden a beast unknown to science came out and ate my parents, and then came for me! I ran through the forest as fast as I could, but then, out of the forest, came another beast and fought the beast. I barely escaped. But I had never seen this part of the forest. I was lost!

I finally found a cave. That night I made a fire and went to sleep in the heat. The next morning I awoke to see a very big foot outside the cave. When it left I looked at the footprint and knew right away. IT WAS A TYRANNOSAURUS REX!! At that I knew I was in danger and needed to get out of the forest. That night I searched for the end of the forest. I found out that night is not the safest time. There is lots of nocturnal animals. Speaking of which lots of dayurnal also. Such as for nocturnal, velociraptor, and dilophosaurus. And as for dayurnal, well there is tyrannosaurus rex and carnataurus, and much more. I found the cave again and built another fire and went to sleep.

I awoke and was surrounded by a pack of velociraptors. I knew what they want, their eggs. In what position they were in. But I didn’t have them! I picked up a rock and through at them. And another, and another, and did not until they ran off. What I did I knew was very dangourous. But that taught me a lesson, I NEEDED WEAPONS! So I went into the forest and made a bow and some arrows.

Chapter 2

I thought I had seen everything, but I didn’t! I was walking through the forest on the third day, and an arrow hit a tree right in front of me. I looked where it had come from and saw a cave man. And another, and another. There were

Chapter 3

too many. I got out my bow and shot at them. I killed a few, but soon I ran out of arrows, and threw a few rocks and knocked out one, but there were still too many! I ran and barely escaped! The same pack of velociraptors that I ran off atacked the cavemen. But luckily they didn’t see me. And I found the cave again. I curled up and took a nap. But a deafending roar awoke me an hour later. I went out to see what it was, still dazed. I found out that it was a Spinosaurus defending her offspring from a Tyranosaurus Rex.

Chapter 4

I didn’t want to leave the offspring to die, because they tyranosaurus rex was as I thought breaking her neck. I took the offspring into the cave, and fed them an animal I hunted. Then went out and made some more arrows and an ax, plus a spear. I cut down some trees and then I built a hammer out of wood and stone and I built a hut. I built a fence and put the five spinosauruses in it, and named them Spino, Rex, Claw, Spike, Spot. Then I went out and hunted some animals. And I was very lucky. I brought home ten carcases, and one of them was a Tyranosaurus rex. And I took it’s one offspring and named it Tyran.

Chapter 5

For the next couple of days I worked on training them. Especially Tyran. For I was hoping I could ride him and hunt with him, and maybe have some fun with the cavemen. I was about to go hunt to feed my six when I heard a noise right outside my hut. I opened the door and found a young stegasaurus. I named him stego, and put him with the rest and fed him some leaves. After I came back I fed and began digging in their pen. Once I was done, I made a bucket. I found a pond and filled the bucket with water. And when two days were over I had finished building a pond for them to drink out of. I caught some fish and put them in there. Then I planted some trees and bushes in their pin. Then I trained them some more.

Chapter 6

Tyran is now an adult. It only takes a month for them to grow up. I also can now ride him. So I went hunting with him for the first time. And we found some cavemen, we chased them until it got boring, then Tyran ate them. We caught a King’s feast. But Tyran didn’t eat, he was too full!

Chapter 7

I let the rest go. But I kept Tyran, he was too helpful to let go.

Chapter 8

I decided to try and find the path. I hopped on Tyran, and to my luck after an hour, I found the path. I let Tyran go. I went down the path and found the road, and went down it. Then went to my grandparents.

My son is very ambitious. He wants to create a zoo with a mix of both extinct and extant species. Realistically, the only hurdle in his way is managing the time travel. He has some preliminary plans, and has asked me for help fleshing them out, but I admit that the mechanics are beyond me (I can’t even fix the catalytic hydrometer in my car when the motor flywheel valve gets clogged up).

So I’m asking for your help. Below are Jackson’s plans so far, with a mix of ideas and questions and some of his detailed sketches. I ask you, in the interests of professional respect, to treat these plans as appropriately patented, and not use them for your own financial benefit. But any help you can give us would be appreciated:

My Idea of a time machine is doubtful, but I’m still going to try.

I will need to get a wormhole from outerspace. I need to know physics and machanichs. I will bring back Tyranosaurus-Rex, dilaphosaurus, diplodicos, apatasaurus, ultrasaurus, velocirapter, and much more. I need lots of help. The Idea of the name of the zoo is “Jackson’s Dinos.” I will also try to have modern animals. I will have a plant house where prehistoric and modern plants will be on display. Under the zoo there will be a aquarium as big as the zoo and way deep. It will hold blue whales.

If the time machine does not work then I will do DNA. Three things block me in the time machine, getting wormhole and shrinking it, I don’t know if I’ll be able to get back, and I can’t reach the speed of light. I will have to grow a lot of plankton.

Another Idea of mine is a vase that half a corner high their will be a seal that has a hole in it. Dirt will go under the seal. You will plant in the vase. If I am succsessful on bringing back dinosaurs I will give some to the army to train.

Here’s a few questions: will we die out just like the dinosaurs? Will I be succsessful? Where will my zoo be? How old would humans live if there was no poulootion?

Another idea is make an animal that is both female and male like a plant. This is a picture of DNA. I will make a male and female together by putting in DNA from both of them. I wonder if I can munpulate energy and make it last forever. Another question. How to munpulate it? Here’s another Idea: Make a human lifespan much longer, to 800 years. Question: what will happen when undersea volcanoes destroy the seas? I wonder if I can make a animal that can do all the things the other animals can. What is a spider web made out of? How bout a flower that spits venom? I wonder if I can make paper without a tree. Maybe something that makes oxegen underwater.