The ever adventurous Dr. Clock has invented a time machine and he is on his way back to the time of the dinosaurs with his sandwich and his important science stuff. When he arrives, he instantly finds a dinosaur. Well, actually, I'd say the dinosaur finds him since it's holding him by the collar in its teeth. Oblivious to his predicament, though we delightfully are not, the good doctor continues taking scholarly notes on the dinosaur habits. He finds himself floating and suddenly his sandwich, his science stuff and everything have disappeared. "Pull yourself together, Clock, " he says. He happily finds his time machine and it's back to the future-oops, he missed! Holiday House Reader, Level 1