A Dinosaur Love Story

He is very handsome

One sunny, stompy morning, a handsome dinosaur named Rex (because, well, he was a rex!) was on his way to hunt for some yummy, leafy snacks. Suddenly, he saw her! A gorgeous dinosaur girl, sparkly green with the prettiest purple spots you ever did see.

Rex's heart went thump-thump-thump like a drum solo. He wanted to say hello, but his brain turned into a fizzy soda pop! He awkwardly cleared his throat, gave a little twitch of his tail, and… walked right past her! Waddle, waddle, waddle he went, pretending to be very, very interested in a particularly boring rock.

But just a few steps later, Rex's feet froze. "Wait a minute!" he thought, "That was my chance!" He spun around, trying to look cool and casual, only to see the sparkly green dinosaur girl staring at him with a curious tilt of her head. Rex's brain fizzed again. Instead of going back, he just… waddled away even faster!

The poor sparkly green dinosaur girl, whose name was Dottie, drooped her head. "Oh no!" she sniffled, a tear the size of a dewdrop rolling down her snout. "Am I not beautiful? That super handsome guy just ignored me!"

Her wise old dino-mom, spotting the teary scene, lumbered over. "What's wrong, sweet pea?" she rumbled.

"Mommy!" Dottie wailed, "A handsome guy ignored me! Am I… am I not pretty enough?"

Dino-mom gave a big, comforting nuzzle. "Nonsense, my dear! You are the most dazzling dinosaur on this whole planet! That boy must have had mud in his eyes! But don't you worry, my little leaf-eater, I bet he'll be back!" (Moms always know, don't they?)

Sure enough, a few days later, Dottie was happily munching on some delicious fern stew when chomp-stomp-chomp, the same handsome Rex appeared!

"Hey there, you!" Rex boomed, trying to sound very suave, "You look... so... beautiful!"

Dottie nearly choked on her fern stew. He noticed her! This time, Rex didn't waddle away. They talked about favorite leaves, the best mud puddles for splashing, and even who could make the loudest ROAR (Dottie won, hands down!). Before they knew it, they were laughing so hard, their dino-bellies jiggled like jelly. And guess what? They totally fell in love!

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