It was the beginning of summer. The children were so looking forward to the holidays. Before Alex knew it, the weekend was here. He could hardly wait, and neither could his little sister Tinka. Nor their parents. They were planning a trip together — but not just any trip.
A few days ago, they discovered that, among many other qualities, they all had an extraordinary one: an imagination so rich that it allowed them to cross the boundaries between worlds.
You might think that a train or an aeroplane is all that’s needed to traverse borders. But the world Alex and his family were about to visit over the weekend was a little different than that. It wasn’t ruled by humans — it belonged to the dinosaurs.
Alex had last seen his dinosaur friend Meg a few days ago. After they’d returned from their visit to the land of the Stegosaurus, Meg had vanished. Every morning when he woke up, he hoped to find her heavy head at the foot of his bed, but no. Until one Saturday...
“Meg’s back!” yelled Alex. The clumsy dinosaur had smashed into the nightstand and was chewing on Alex’s glasses. But Alex didn’t mind. She was back!
“You’re all free on Saturdays, right?” Meg asked. She’d learned by now that on weekdays the kids went to school and the adults worked. Alex had even shown her the schedule on the family calendar. In fact, Meg had made Tinka laugh when she peeked at the calendar to guess what day of the week it was.
“We are, we are!” said their dad. On hearing the commotion, their parents had come running into the room, grinning from ear to ear. While their human friends were planning little trips around the…