Badge of Courage

This is the 16th episode in the series.

Dink and the others want to see the firetop mountain Old Thundertop blow. Dink gets angry at a buzzing firebug and gets his foot caught in a crack. Flapper tells them that the rumbling they are hearing isn't from the volcano but from a stampeding herd of meat eaters coming their way. Luckily, the children hide behind logs. Amber says that since it it late and that Dink is stuck, that they should camp out overnight.

After Dink is freed by Scat, he stands guard. Dink hears a sound and pretends to be a carnviore to scare it off. The creature says that his name is Shortspike and that his parents are trapped up on the volcano and that they sent him to get help.

Shortspike said that they were trapped in a rockslide. While wandering around on the mountain, Dink finds the firefly from earlier. The firefly agrees to help him find the Spikeback family. Dink finds the Stegbacks just as the volcano starts to erupt.

A chasm of lava forms in the way but  Dink uses a rock to make a bridge across. Dink frees the Stegbacks and they cross the bridge. Firebug is hit by falling rocks. However, Dink goes back and saves him.

After Shortspike finds his parents, he thanks Dink and says he wants to grow up to be like him. The others wake up and think that Dink napped on guard duty. Dink goes back to sleep, being tired.