'Oh, I want very much to meet them.' Alexandra is excited at the thought
of making new friends.
'I'm sure they want to meet you, too.' Albert wiggles his tail as he speaks.
'Do Apatosaurus children play coconut ball where you came from?'
'Sure do,' Alexandra says.
Albert stretches his long neck and plucks a large coconut from the top of
a nearby palm tree. He flips the coconut over his shoulder and as is falls
he bats it toward Alexandra with his tail.
Alexandra, who has studied ballet, is well balanced. She catches the ball
easily in her mouth. Tossing it high with a graceful twist of her body
she bats it with her tail in a high arc back to Albert. He dashes toward
the coconut and, with a tail flip, returns it for another round.
Albert and Alexandra play with the coconut ball for a while. They stop
for lunch along the shore, and then rest and chat.
When the day moves into afternoon, Albert says good-bye to Alexandra
and promises to return soon. They are friends.
'My birthday is coming soon and my mother and father are giving me a
party,' Alexandra says as Albert turns to leave.
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