Yippee and Dino Series -Part 4

Dino has a naughty plan !

It was way past Dino’s bedtime but she just could not sleep. She wanted to go to school with Yippee. The question really was how could she manage that.

Suddenly, Dino smiled and her eyes had a very naughty glean. She had figured out what to do.

It was morning in Giant Land and as usual  Mamma woke up Yippee for school. 

Morning in Giant Land
Illustration by Gauri Ghosal 

Yippee played for a while with Dino and then got ready to go to school. Yippee felt sad that he would have to leave Dino behind. But he felt that Dino was taking it pretty well. She seemed to be quite cheerful unlike most other days when she would  get really grumpy about Yippee going to school. Maybe she was getting used to the school idea, thought Yippee.

Finally, it was time for Yippee to go to school. “Bye ”, said Yippee as he waved goodbye to Mamma but he could not find Dino.

Yippee leaving for school
Illustration by Gauri Ghosal

Now was the time to start work on my go- to -school plan, thought  Dino, looking at Yippee leaving from the upstairs window.

She  went back to the room and opened the cupboard. In the cupboard she found a Halloween costume of a dog. She quickly wore it and then slipped out quietly from the back door.

She was in a matter of minutes on the same road that Yippee took for school and soon enough she could see Yippee walking ahead of her. She followed at a distance making sure that Yippee did not see her.

Yippee’s school was a mere ten minutes walk from home and very soon he reached the school and went in.

However, when Dino reached the school gate , she saw a closed gate, something that she had not planned for. "How am I going to get in?",she  said to herself.

She circled the school building and saw that the wall at one end was not as tall. She decided to try and climb it . But it was a tough. The dog costume did not give her much scope to do do. She decided to take the costume out and then try and climb.

With some effort she managed to climb over the wall. Wow! I am inside Yipee’s school, isn’t that so cool, she thought

But the next question in her mind was how to find Yippee.