Pippi and the pink dinosaur

By Stephen Unger

A girl named Pippi, aged 7, played by the lake surrounded by foggy towering trees.  To her surprise a pink dinosaur emerged from the foggy towering trees by the lake.

It's toes were as tall as she was, she looked up at the dinosaur and said "come home with me. I'll adopt you."

The dinosaur gave a happy grunt and followed her down a path to her home.

"Hey mommy, I adopted a pink dinosaur! Can I keep it?"

Her mom didn't seem interested.

Pippi shrugged and just turned back towards the lake with the dinosaur in tow.

"Oh well, I tried."

For three years pippi returned to the lake while on summer vacation with her family. And each time her mom said no or didn't to seem to care that there was a giant pink dinosaur right  outside the front door.

"I'm sorry mister dinosaur, it would be great to have you as a pet, but I have too much objection."

She walked slowly back knowing it was the last time shed ever return.  Suddenly the dinosaur lowered his neck and gave an inviting grunt.

She clinched upon the dinosaurs head. It raised his head and from height as high as the tree tops, pippi saw a world that she'd never seen. Mountains, soaring condors, the delicate tips of the towering trees and the entire valley all around her.

The dinosaur even walked into the lake so pippi could get a different perspective of the land around her. 

Finally, the dinosaur trotted over to the cabin, lowered pippi down so she could knock at the door.

Her mother answered only to find her daughter sitting ontop of the head of a pink dinosaur. 

"Incredible!" She yelled.

The dinosaur made an inviting grunt and mom climbed aboard. 

For an hour the pink dinosaur showed them the world above the tree tops.

After he let them off, mom said "thank you mr. Dinosaur. Sorry i never believed in you."

"Thank you! Bye" said pippi. 

Pippi waived goodbye as she and her mom walked away together.

 The dinosaur just smiled and crawled back into the foggy towering trees.

The end.