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In the year 2055, time travel has become a practical reality, and the company Time Safari Inc.Although Eckels is initially enthusiastic about the hunt, he loses his temper when the monstrous Tyrannosaurus approaches.Although Eckels is initially excited about the hunt, when the monstrous Tyrannosaurus approaches, he loses his nerve.Travis explains that hunters are forced to continue on a floating path so as not to disturb the environment, that any deviation is subject to heavy fines, and that before the hunt, scouts were sent back from Time Safari to select and mark prey.

In the year 2055, time travel has become a practical reality, and the company Time Safari Inc. Although Eckels is initially enthusiastic about the hunt, he loses his temper when the monstrous Tyrannosaurus approaches. Travis explains that hunters are forced to continue on a floating path so as not to disturb the environment, that any deviation is subject to heavy fines, and that before the hunt, scouts were sent back from Time Safari to select and mark prey. , their deaths calculated to affect the future as little as possible When the party arrives in the past, Travis (the hunting guide) and Lesperance (Travis' assistant) warn Eckels and the other two hunters, Billings and Kramer, of the need to minimize events that change them before they return, because even the smallest changes in the distant past could lead to catastrophic changes in history.

Although Eckels is initially excited about the hunt, when the monstrous Tyrannosaurus approaches, he loses his nerve. Travis tells him to go back to the time machine, but Eckels panics, steps off the path, and stumbles into the forest. Eckels hears shots, and on his return, he sees that the two guides have killed the dinosaur, and shortly afterward the falling tree that would have killed the T. rex has landed on top of it. Realizing that Eckels has fallen off the path, Travis threatens to leave him in the past unless he removes the bullets from the dinosaur's body, as they cannot be left behind. Eckels obeys, but Travis remains furious, threatening on the return trip to shoot him.

Upon returning to 2055, Eckels notices subtle changes: English words are now spelled and spoken strangely, people behave differently, and Eckels discovers that Deutscher has won the election instead of Keith. Looking at the mud on his boots, Eckels finds a crushed butterfly, whose death has apparently caused a rift in the timeline that has affected the nature of the alternative present to which the safari has returned. He frantically pleads with Travis to take him back into the past to undo the damage, but Travis had previously explained that the time machine cannot return to any point in time that it has already visited (so as to prevent any paradoxes). Travis raises his gun, and there is "a sound of thunder".