“You’ve got to get through your fear to see the beauty on the other side.” And when Arlo worried that he just wasn’t like his dad-not big enough, not strong enough, not brave enough-Poppa would simply shake his head and smile. “You’ve got to earn your mark by doing something bigger than yourself,” Poppa would say as he wrapped his tail around Arlo.

His big-hearted father always tried to help him work through his lack of, well, everything. Now he can’t even see the peaks of the jagged mountain range that rises above their spread. While he was pursuing a corn-stealing critter, he accidentally fell into the quick-moving river near his family’s land and was washed miles away in a matter of seconds. Because where he is now is so much scarier! Right about now, though, Arlo would gladly give anything to just be back on that fearsome farm being chased by those nasty, half-plucked birds. I mean, have you ever stood right next to those prehistoric chickens he had to feed? They’re huge! He’s the runt of his family, you see, and everything seems to feel threatening to him. But it sure was a flinch-worthy experience for Arlo.

Most of them are pretty big and strong, even by outsized dino standards. OK, it admittedly isn’t that frightening for every Apatosaurus homesteader. He used to think life on his family’s farm was scary.

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