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Poor Little Tyro

Little Tyro seemed normal at birth
  Green color, long enough, the proper girth
But when he didn't grow for nigh on a year
  Mom and Dad Tyrannosaurus were filled with fear

One day they took poor Tyro to the dino-vet
  Who confirmed his parents' worst fears yet
Little Tyro had a very, very rare mutation
  That caused its victims diminished maturation

Little Tyro would barely get to grow at all
  In fact he'd barely be 50 centimeters tall
He'd never be able to go outside and play
  For he'd be stepped on by others right away

While his prognosis certainly wasn't very good
  Tyro made his way in life, as best he could 
Then one day, a miracle came along
  That freed him from a destiny, gone so wrong

A giant meteor whooshed down and struck the Earth
  To climate changes and an Ice Age it gave birth
All the big, cold-blooded dinosaurs up and died
  But not Tyro, who tiny body stayed warm inside

For there was something the dino-vet just hadn't known
  Tyro's mutation meant he was a mammal full-blown
Warm-blooded, friendly, cute and full of fun --
  He became Neanderthal Man's favorite pet, bar none!


           June 19, 2019
 Entry in 'Dinosaurs For Children' contest
        Sponsor: Line Gauthier

Copyright © Gershon Wolf

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