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Land Before Time

It was an unusually warm evening 40 million years ago.  Grok was squatting next to the fire pit, watching some of the children gnaw the remaining bits of meat off a charred leg bone.  This fire was dying down, but some others had already moved a flame inside the cave where the rest of the tribe was beginning to settle down for the night.  Seeing the children squabble over the food scraps, Grok began to think about having a family of his own some day.  Two of the boys were getting a little rowdy, and Grok felt his fatherly instincts emerging as he warned them not to get too rough with each other, "AAANGGGGA AAAANG AAAANG AAAANGA!!" 

As the children began making their way into the cave for the night, Grok was looking at the glowing sky where the sun had set.  It wouldn't be long before the tribe started moving again.  With summer coming, they would be migrating north, towards those snow fields that were so far away.  He wondered how soon they would go, and decided to go watch the news before he went to sleep, to see if they mentioned it. 

The cave painters weren't doing anything about the sun or ice, just a report about the big hunt a few days ago.  It was then that Grok noticed Chaka.  She was painting a buffalo with a burnt stick and some brown mud.  They had grown up together, but never really been close.  As she began drawing a hunter with a spear, he let his eyes wander down.  She had grown into a fine figure of a woman.  Her buckskin wrap fit her hips tightly, and her shapely legs were covered with a very fine black fur.  For a moment, Grok considered picking up one of the mastodon ribs in the corner and clubbing her over the head with it, but he was tired.  There would be time for romance another day. 

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donmari "nice one. ;)"
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Rac7hel "only if it gets on my fingers and I have to lick it off"
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redhat "do you make caveman grunts while you eat it?"
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Rac7hel "Every time I eat a soft-boiled egg, I think of this story. And then I giggle."
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Rac7hel "and I figured it was time something serious happened to old Grok"
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Rac7hel "Good, I was just wondering what you were up to. I'm changing a lot of my schedule now but I'm forcing myself to save time to write"
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redhat "whats up ray-ray? finals week has been kicking my ass. My last paper is due Friday, so I should be able to get back in here soon!"
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Rac7hel "*bump*"
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Kooch "Seems cool, but i must ask, where's Littlefoot and Sarah and the rest of the gang?"
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redhat "Rachel's gonna be mad. You speared her cat in the head."
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Rac7hel "Realistic, like your story about the magic coins that control the elements, and the magic door that transports you into the middle ages? ;) I can believe that a sabor tooth hairless cat really existed... just a rare mutation of the sabor-tooth tiger"
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Writers_Block "Haha okay, I'm just joking really, but I am a stickler for realism when it comes to stories that involve history. I know I'm not exactly the spokesperson of realism but its hard for me to get into a story like that if its unrealistic."
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Rac7hel "come on now, don't be ridiculous"
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Writers_Block "Haha I love how its becoming more and more unrealistic...first dinosaurs now sabre toothed sphynx cats...whats next a flying toaster?"
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Rac7hel "The sabor tooth sphynx cat was actually redhat's idea, I can't take credit. Although I'm sure I inspired it."
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Writers_Block "Haha gee, I wonder where the sphynx cat came from :|...haha stop giving your pets five minutes of fame....okay I can't hide it, I love it so much that it hurts me with envy inside!"
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redhat "...began to cry like a little cavebaby. I like that."
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KVZ9 "I LOVE THE BEGINING OF THIS STORY AND YESTERDAY ADDED TO IT BUT NOW ITS LOST CAN ANYONE HELP FIND MY LOST STORY IT WAS UNDER 'THE CHASE' BUT NOW ITS GONE!!!!
KATHLEEN
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Adam "Perhaps he can use his genius to invent the particle accelerator?"
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redhat "I think he's going to try and roll a big rock or something like that. I don't think they have the tools to actually carve something or cut wood, but who knows."
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Adam "I found the genius thing funny. I am attempting to have him invent something. I have it in my mind, but I don't want to give it away. I want to see what the others come up with!!!"
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ganga "Hehe, no :D I just wanted to say that Grok was a genius during his time. You see, I've compared him with Newton, Da Vinci and Edison, and have even credited him for inventing the wheel :)

Was a spur of the moment thing that came to my mind late last night.. :) Maybe it didn't turn out to be as funny as I thought though..
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janmac "i love this!! someone add some more! i want to know if grok will get the girl and rise up the social ranks."
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surreal78 "First time I saw that branch title, I read "Meeting of the Good Fathering Committee." I see that it makes more sense than I originally thought. :)"
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Rac7hel "hahaha, I was going to make him a spear-carver, but rock-sitter is much funnier."
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redhat "This is my new fav story. HA GA BA DOOO FIN NAAAAAAA!"
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Rac7hel "I love how you tagged both cavemen and dinosaurs, as if they weren't like 20 million years apart! It's okay though, I'll pretend."
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juniper "You romantic devil, you!"
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Jillian "Haha, Oh red, you really crack me up. Love this one."

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