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Karen
lived with her parents in the Karoo Basin of South Africa. The Karoo was famous
for plant and animal fossils(化石) ,Karen's father
was a paleontologist(古生物学家) ,and Karen enjoyed
looking at the dinosaur bones in his office. She hoped to discover her own
dinosaur someday.
Every
summer, Karen's father invited paleontologists from around the world to the
Karoo. As they hiked through the dry land, he would show them fossil samples(样本) within the layers of sedimentary rock(沉积岩) and ash.
This
summer, Karen asked her father if she could go along on the hike. He agreed,
but he asked her to stay close by. As they drove to the trail(小径) ,Karen's heart beat quickly with excitement. There
were so many places to visit.
The hike
was interesting, but Karen was too curious to stay on the trail. Without
asking, she ran down into a nearby ravine(峡谷)
and looked among the rocks, Then, he heard her father's voice calling to her.
She ran up the side of ravine. Suddenly, she spotted something white and
shiny. "Dad!" she shouted excitedly.
Karen's
father stood at the top of the ravine with the other people. They looked
worried until Karen pointed to the shiny object. All the paleontologists
examined it. They nodded to each other in surprise. It was the skull(骨头) of a dinosaur nobody knew about! The
paleontologists took pictures and shook Karen's hands. Her father smiled, "Karen."
he said. "You are now the youngest paleontologist in the Karoo!"