6 Ch6-The Hall of Dinosaurs

Chapter 6 The Hall of Dinosaurs There were about a million hundred stairs to climb. But when I got to the top, I saw the most amazing thing in the history of the world! No, it wasn't another candy machine. It was the missing Tyrannosaurus rex! "Aha!" said Ms. Krup. "There he is! Rexy, you are a naughty boy!" "WOW!" we all said, which is "MOM" upside-down. Rexy was AMAZING. Ms. Krup told us that Tyrannosaurus rex means "tyrant lizard king." She also told us that Rexy is twenty feet tall, but his arms are shorter than ours. And he only has two fingers on each hand. "Look at his teeth!" said Ryan. "They could crunch through bone," Ms. Krup told us. "That thing would bite your head off in a minute," I said. "Hey," Ryan said, "if T. rex and Giganotosaurus got into a fight, who do you think would win?" "Giganotosaurus would kick T. rex's butt," said Michael. "No way," said Neil. "T. rex would kick Giganotosaurus's butt."

"Neither of you is right," Ms. Krup said. "These two meat eaters would never fight. They lived millions of years apart." "I still say T. rex would kick his butt," said Neil the nude kid. There was a model T. rex skull that we could look at close-up. I put my head in its mouth, and Ryan took a picture with his camera. It was a real Kodak moment. Then all the other copycats put their heads in T. rex's mouth for the fun of it. Well, except for Emily, who was too scared. The room was called the Hall of Dinosaurs. We got to see a stegosaurus and a triceratops, and some other dinosaurs too. We learned all kinds of cool stuff. Did you know that some dinosaurs swallowed rocks to break up the food in their stomach? Yuck!

We saw real dinosaur eggs and footprints too. Ms. Krup showed us how to make fossil rubbings that we could take home. She let us hunt for dinosaur bones in a big sandbox, but I didn't find any. Then she gave us dinosaur- shaped graham crackers for a snack. "Dinosaurs are the coolest animals in the history of the world," I told everybody. "And we got to see them dead and in person." "Kids can learn a lot from dead animals," Ms. Krup said. "But we also have live animals at the museum." "Live animals?!" Emily said, looking all scared. "Sure," said Ms. Krup. "Follow me!"