Diplodocus and Fern Andy's Dinosaur Adventures

# I'm Andy and I work here at the National Museum

# There's dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes you should see them

# Hatty's a collector of things from long ago

# Come and see the dinosaurs Ready, steady go!

# One, two, three, four

# Come on Andy's dinosaur adventure

# Hey, join the crew

# Looking at the dinosaurs Collecting something too

# Yeah, you can come too

# The old museum clock takes me back in time

# To when dinosaurs ruled the world

# Take me to the time of the dinosaurs, I say

# Hold on tight, shut your eyes And then we fly away

# One, two, three, four

# Come on Andy's dinosaur adventure

# Hey, join the crew

# Looking at the dinosaurs Collecting something too

# Yeah, you can come too

# Andy's Dinosaur Adventure

# Dinosaur, dinosaur adventure. #

Hi, I'm Andy and I work in the dinosaur gallery,

here, in the National Museum.

Now, there's lots going on today because Hatty, our dinosaur expert,

is opening a brand-new exhibit all about big dinosaurs.

Can't wait to see it.

Hey, look at the size of that skull.

Hatty?

Hatty! Hatty!

Watch out, here I come!

Hatty, what are you doing up there?

Well, I've spent weeks making this fake fern to feed the dinosaur.

That should put some flesh on his bones.

WINCH SQUEAKS

There. What do you think?

It looks amazing, Hatty.

I still can't believe the size of that skull.

That's because it's a diplodocus,

once thought to be the largest dinosaur in the world.

Must have eaten everything in its way.

Actually, diplodocus only ate plants, like that big fern up there.

I'd love to see that.

Well, you'd have to go back 152 million years.

I'm not sure you have enough time before the museum opens.

reminds me, I'd better get going. still got lots to do.

-Don't worry, Hatty, I'll sort this out.

-Thanks, Andy.

HE WHISTLES

No! Hatty's fern. What am I going to do?

I can just stick them back on. Yes, I'll stick them back on.

CLOCK CHIMES

Or even better, I can get myself a new one.

Time to go on a dinosaur adventure.

ADVENTURE MUSIC

Right, waistcoat...

..check. Gizmo...

..check. Hat...

..check. And last, but not least, Hatty's backpack.

To the time of diplodocus!

Yeah!

What...

DINOSAUR SQUAWKS

I've travelled 152 million years back in time...

to the time of diplodocus.

Look! There are ferns everywhere. This is going to be easy.

Hang on a minute. It's not going to be that easy.

These aren't the ferns I'm looking for.

To find the giant ferns, I need to get outside the forest.

Which way? This way.

DISTANT CLUCKING

I haven't found my way out of the forest yet.

I got a bit distracted.

Baby diplodocus - a whole group of them,

but why are they here and not the adult ones?

Oh...

They live in the forest they can hide in plants,

in case hungry dinosaurs come and try and find them.

Let's get a closer look.

As you can see, they don't just hide in the plants, they eat them, too.

They are stripping the leaves off the ferns and gobbling them down...

without even chewing. Terrible table manners!

But they need to eat lots and get as big as the adults.

That might be one of the adults now. Come on!

DINOSAURS BURP

It's a pterosaur.

This one's only tiny but it says here that some

pterosaurs were the largest flying animals that ever lived.

Where's he off to?

But no pterosaur was ever the size of...

this dinosaur.

DINOSAUR GROWLS

Ho, ho! Look at the size of this diplodocus. It's huge!

It's only a teenager which means it'll get even bigger.

Look! There are some more over there.

And they're eating ferns, too.

Are those are the ones I need? No.

The ones I need are the giant ferns that the adults eat.

I need to get out of this forest. Come on.

Well, I'm out of the forest now

but I still can't see any adults anywhere.

What's that sound? Why is the ground shaking?

HE LAUGHS

Oh, yes! Look at the size of their necks...

and their tails! They're massive!

This is exactly what I've been looking for -

a whole herd of adult diplodocus.

IT ROARS

Right, I'm going to follow them.

Hopefully, they are off to eat giant ferns.

Then I can grab some, too.

IT GROWLS

Did you see that?

An adult diplodocus has pushed down the tree to get to the

giant ferns on the other side.

Come on.

Oh, these are perfect!

Just what I need to replace Hatty's fern in her display.

ANDY GROANS

Ho, ho, ho.

There, all done.

CLOCK CHIMES

I've got to go. Just time to get back to the museum

before it opens.

HE YELPS

Ooh!

No, don't go.

How am I going to get down?

Um... Hatty's backpack. It's always full of useful things.

Right.

Well, it is a rope but it's attached to a rescue balloon.

They're to help other people find you when you are lost.

How's that going to help me now?

Unless...

I've got an idea. I hope this works.

Right. Now, if I just pull this...

It's working! Oh, yes.

Here we go!

It's incredible up here. Ho, ho, ho! What a view!

OK, the clock...

Where is it again?

I think I'm going in the right direction.

Oh, a flock of pterosaurs!

And they're coming this way.

Hang on...

They are going to pop the balloon. Shoo, shoo!

HE SHOUTS

Whoa!

Well, that's one way of doing it. Time to head back!

CLOCK CHIMES

CLOCK CHIMES

Hurry along now.

We don't want to turn into dinosaurs ourselves, do we?

This is the diplodocus,

a fascinating dinosaur that lived 152 million

years ago and only ate plants, like this giant fern.

And the odd backpack, too.

For a while, it was thought to be the biggest dinosaur in the world.

In fact, it was so big,

it was able to knock down huge trees to get the ferns behind.

-Thanks for tidying up, Andy.

-Oh, any time, Hatty.

The fern really does look good, doesn't it?

And it's bigger than I remember.

Sh! See you next time.

# One, two, three, four.

# Andy's dinosaur adventure

# Dinosaur, dinosaur adventure. #