AUGUSTUS THE STEGOSAURUS A story for young palaeontologists ================================================== STEGOSAURUS FACTS ================================================== - Plant eaters - Speed: Slow (7 km/h) - Lived: 150 Million Years ago - Size: Are as tall as an adult giraffe. - Length: Are as long as a London double decker bus. - Weight: Are as heavy as 2 adult elephants. ================================================== MEET AUGUSTUS THE STEGOSAURUS ================================================== In the Prehistoric Forest, where towering ferns kissed the sun and colossal trees stretched towards the heavens, there lived Augustus, a gentle dinosaur unlike any other. His body was as big as a red London double decker bus turned sideways; he had four stumpy legs and was tall as a giraffe. Seventeen interlocked bone plates, each one the size of a dinner table, across his back and four spikes on his tail, mighty weapons that he barely noticed. Augustus was, in a word, clumsy. His size alone guaranteed that every step he took disrupted the forest floor, sending clouds of dust and broken leaves dancing in his wake. Despite this, or maybe because of it, he moved gently, each foot placed carefully, trying not to damage the plants around him. Every morning, Augustus would wake up, his rumbling belly ready for breakfast. He sang a song to himself, a cheerful tune that bounced off the ancient trees and echoed through the forest. "Bippety-boppity-boo," he'd sing, munching Mehr sehen