Badfreaky The Dinosaurs and Ancient Greece

By Konstantinos V.E. Adamopoulos

Dinosaurs! They excite us, and at the same time, they scare us! Once, they were unquestionably rulers of our planet. Until they disappeared, and another animal species prevailed and prevails to this day. Humans! With logic and ingenuity, we partially tamed nature and protected ourselves from its extreme elements. As social and rational beings, we created societies, evolved technologically, and developed civilization! It is an absolute necessity, however, for us to continue the triumphant course, to approach mother nature which brought us into this world and sustains us, with heartfelt respect and humbleness with a solid disposition to protect and preserve all living and inanimate beings which surround us and compose this masterpiece of the universe that we name planet Earth!
Badfreaky is magically transported to a world where raw violence and the law of the fittest prevail, to a world where the agonizing and endless battle for survival is the sole purpose of every living being. Uninvited, she visits a world of terrible and horrific dinosaurs and is in life-threatening danger! Further on, she moves into a completely different world. A world where philosophy and art, strength and beauty, science and democracy, comedy and drama flourished as they first manifested in ancient Athens. In the end, she receives an invitation to a third world! Divine this time!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: May 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9786188660700

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Athens 2023

Author:

Konstantinos V. E. Adamopoulos

Illustrations:

Leoni Katsarou

Translator:

Marina Katsarou

Curator:

Georgia Dimitropoulou

ISBN: 978-618-86607-0-0

Copyright©2023

Konstantinos V. E. Adamopoulos

Republication of parts of this work is permitted for comment or criticism. Republication of a limited part of this work is permitted for scientific purposes. Reference to the title of the work, the name of the author, the publisher, the number of the page republished, and the date of publication are mandatory. Any revision, translation, or utilization is prohibited without reference to the book’s contributors and written permission from the publisher according to the law.

Contents

CHAPTER 1

The Chase

CHAPTER 2

The Rescue of the Dragon and the Alien Planet

CHAPTER 3

The Big Explosion

CHAPTER 4

Grabclawfingerix’s Swan Song

CHAPTER 5

The Rulers of a Planet called Earth

CHAPTER 6

Another Arrival

CHAPTER 7

Unwanted Confrontation

CHAPTER 8

Travel in Time

CHAPTER 9

A World of Wisdom

CHAPTER 10

Coming of the Final Solution and the Lifesaving Intervention

A CHAPTER ON ITS OWN

Brainyclever’s Story

AUTHOR’S NOTE

Dinosaurs! They excite us, and at the same time, they scare us! Once, they were unquestionably rulers of our planet. Until they disappeared, and another animal species prevailed and prevails to this day. Humans! With logic and ingenuity, we partially tamed nature and protected ourselves from its extreme elements. As social and rational beings, we created societies, evolved technologically, and developed civilization! It is an absolute necessity, however, for us to continue the triumphant course, to approach mother nature which brought us into this world and sustains us, with heartfelt respect and humbleness with a solid disposition to protect and preserve all living and inanimate beings which surround us and compose this masterpiece of the universe that we name planet Earth!

The book you are holding is dedicated to my niece’s thirty-day-old Dutch-Greek daughter Anna Hermina Evangelia Ripson; hoping she will eventually stop crying and collaborate with her mother.

Once, a long time ago, in a far, faraway land, which nobody knows or has set foot on, lived the world’s meanest witch of all time. Badfreaky was her name; a pitch-black magpie would always sit on her shoulder. From being very mean, she became very good, living through many adventures until she achieved what she wanted most in the world and all the stars...

This is the continuation of her story:

The author

and the illustrator

wish you a pleasant and imaginative reading...

CHAPTER 1

The Chase

The weather was wonderful. Admiral and his friends were soaking up the warm, orange rays of the sun on Bananamangoisland’s sandy beach, and the multicolored parrots in the surrounding exotic trees were tweeting ceaselessly, in a solid gossipy mood.

Fahaleon, the only chameleon on the island, was sunbathing on a tree branch, not flinching an eyelid, when a chubby, careless insect landed a few centimeters away. In split seconds, the chameleon’s huge sticky tongue unfolded, capturing the unlucky insect and swiftly transferring it to his mouth. Changing color while swallowing, he thought:

Survival is difficult, but sometimes luck smiles on you. And when it does, smile back because tomorrow you never know what comes your way.

Goodluckydragonax, Badfreaky, and Kixy had taken off Carnivordragonland and flew one thousand feet above Friendlylake. They were welcoming the future with great enthusiasm and uncontainable optimism. There was no fear in their soul. Whoever is afraid of life doesn’t live; just merely exists.

Their destination was Blackpyramidcloudymountain. It was standing majestically and imposingly a few kilometers away, waiting for them. But it wasn’t waiting alone. Badblackluckgiver, with her Hyperspeedcloud, was also waiting at nine thousand feet. Goodwhitehonestoldman had taught her that, for her to achieve her goals in life, she must have four things:

a) To know what she wants

b) To know what she is capable of

c) to find within her the unstoppable strength to persist

d) To arm herself with unceasing courage: patience.

The malicious witch had the impression that she didn’t lack any of these. The only thing that was not yet hers was Beyondstarcosmon. She considered no less; obtaining it was just a matter of time. Naturally, to succeed, she needed to keep a close eye on Badfreaky. The best thing for her to do would be to capture the good witch and grab the opportunity when Beyondstarcosmon appeared before her. She put her cunning plan into effect.

Spytaletellerax was flying next to her and had just informed her of the goings on at Carnivordragonland when the exiled, worthless dragon Grabclawfingerix appeared. In a few words, she explained what they had to do:

Right, we don’t have time to waste. Goodluckydragonax and Badfreaky have to be destroyed at any cost. They must not, under any circumstances, reach my house. Do your best, and you will be rewarded accordingly. Burn them in the air! Annihilate them! Do whatever you think necessary to make them disappear off the face of Eggrootland.

I will do it with the greatest of pleasure! The time has come for me to get my revenge. That awful witch will bitterly regret what she did to me! agreed Grabclawfingerix with blatant hate in his eyes.

You go first, and I will follow suit shortly, urged the sly and scheming Spytaletellerax.

Goodluckydragonax and Badfreaky with Kixy, unsuspecting, didn’t have the slightest idea of what was happening high above them. They were enjoying their flight without a care in the world up until… air disturbances started! The disagreements that is. Goodluckydragonax’s one head was saying they were flying too high, the other too low, and the third that they were just fine where they were.

Badfreaky pointed out that there had to be teamwork and agreement between them to get along harmoniously and peacefully.

I might be wrong, but I think you are wasting your breath, Kixy said, troubled.

I know how difficult it is, but I am convinced that in the end, he will manage. He really doesn’t have a choice, Badfreaky added.

Suddenly, while they were flying, an enormous shadow fell upon them! They all looked up, and what they saw terrified them! Grabclawfingerix was flying with his wings in full stretch, only a few meters above them! He needn’t say anything. The look in his eyes said all. They showed deep hatred and lust for revenge!

In a blink of an eye, Goodluckydragonax lost his self-control resulting in total confusion about what must be done. His right head said to turn right, the left to turn left, and the middle head to drop abruptly in height. But he had to decide quickly because their lives were in great danger. Finally, he decided on the third option.

Grabclawfingerix followed, thinking that this time, no one would get away. He had much fire stored in him, and he would blow it all on them. But still, he had to get quite close to them, which later proved challenging.

With each of his heads doing its own thing, Goodluckydragonax began making some irregular aerial maneuvers that confused and baffled the enormous dragon with a beak instead of a mouth. As soon as he turned left because that’s what the left head wanted, the next instant, he turned right because that’s what the right head desired, and a few seconds later, he was going up and down because that’s what the middle head decided!

The large-built dragon, who was hungry for revenge, found things difficult. Because of his colossal size, he lacked the flexibility to follow the three-headed dragon’s aerial maneuvers effectively. After ten minutes of relentless aerial pursuit and spewing out, without any result, all his fire resources… he gave up, utterly exhausted. Disheartened, he landed on a small hill to regain his strength.

People worldwide learned of this and, still to this day, study the evasive maneuvers of Goodluckydragonax at the Academies of Fighter Pilots!

As expected, Badblackluckgiver hadn’t had her last word yet. She had another ace up her sleeve.

She set aside the plate of lentils she was eating and gave Spytaletellerax a pill. It was one of Badmagicinventormaker’s latest discoveries. The name of the pill was Teledragonfire. With this pill, the ball of fire which shot out of the dragon’s mouth would follow its target until it hit and destroyed it. Facing this dreadful weapon, Goodluckydragonax and his friends didn’t have a chance in heaven.

People learned about this too, and they manufactured air-to-air missiles with active guidance, allowing them to shoot down enemy planes in no time.

"Go now. I am sure you will execute your