Yippee and Dino Series - Part 5

Where is Yippee?

The school break-in
Illustration by Gauri Ghosal 

Meanwhile, at home, Mamma searched and called out for Dino . But there was no Dino to be seen. She searched under the bed, in the cupboard, on the upper bunk of the bunk bed, in the toilet, in the lawn and on the terrace. There was no trace of Dino.

Mamma called Papa at work and told him about the missing pet. “Yippee is going to be very upset, if we don’t find Dino”, she said to Papa. “Where could a tiny dinosaur go, just keep looking in the house, maybe she is playing hide and seek with you like she plays with Yippee”, said Papa

“But I have looked everywhere and I can’t find her. You have to come home and help, please”, Mamma said.

Very soon, both Papa and Mamma were looking for Dino. But there was really no trace of her anywhere. They were getting very worried.

In the school, Dino had figured out that she would have to peep into every single room one by one till she spotted Yippee.

The red door room that she saw first seemed like a good place to start, she thought.

She quietly walked up to the door and peeped in through a small crack in the door. There were many giant boys and girls in the class but she could not see her dear Yippee.

I should not lose heart so quickly, thought Dino. After all this the first class that I have checked. Let me look at some of the other classes as well.

Next she went to the yellow door but just as she was about to open it a little to peep in, the door opened and out strode a giant teacher. Lucky for Dino, there were some bushes handy close by and she quickly ducked behind them.

Once the teacher had left, Dino looked inside the room but again there was no sign of Yippee.

Dino realized that this class -  to -  class search was after all, not such a good idea. She must try and remember whatever Yippee had talked her about his class, maybe there would be a clue there.

Dino remembered one thing that Yippee had talked about rather proudly,“My class is right in front of this beautiful fountain. That makes my class the best”, he had said

Dino felt that with this clue, it would not be difficult to find Yippee’s class. And just as she turned a corner, right in front of her was the fountain!

Dino jumped with joy. She saw that there was no one around and quickly walked across the courtyard to the classroom. The door of this classroom for some reason was wide open.

 Dino slid to one side of the door and peered in with very hopeful eyes. And then she saw Yippee , he was sitting in the last row. Dino could not control her excitement and yelled out to Yippee. “Hey Yippee, see I am in your school! Tell your teacher that I only eat chicken. I want to sit in the seat next to you”, she said

Yippee, could not believe what he saw. There was Dino standing at the door of his classroom. By this time , the teacher and the other giant boys and girls also realized that there was some one at the door. To many it looked like a dinosaur. But they knew that dinosuars could not just walk into their school. But the kids closer by could very well see that it was a dinosaur and in fright and panic they started running away screaming. “Oh my God!, I don’t believe it but it is a dinosaur, said one kid running and hiding behind the teacher. The other kids too panicked and many hide under their desks!

By this time, Yippee had reached Dino. He quickly took hold of her hand and led her out of the classroom. “What are you doing here?”, he asked Dino surprised. “How did you get here ?” Did no one stop you”?

Dino was feeling rather proud of herself. After all she had done something difficult. But she was puzzled, why was Yippee sounding angry, shouldn’t he be happy to see her and be proud of her?

In the meantime, the teacher looking brave rather than feeling brave, walked upto Yippee and asked for an explanation. "What is going on Yippee?" she asked

To be continued...