Have You Seen My Dinosaur? (3 page)

A Scottish beastie from Culloden.

A shaggy yak from far Bhutan.

An upside-down orangutan.

A fat wild boar from East Timor …

But no, we have no dinosaur.

There aren’t any, anymore.

We do not have your dinosaur.

I need to see Professor Pew.

   I’m Pew. What can I do for you?

I’m looking for a dinosaur.

   What kind is it you’re looking for?

His tail is longer than a mile.

His neck is longer still. His smile

Gets wider every time I see him.

   You need to try a big museum.

Is this the place where, people say,

A dinosaur is on display?

   Sure is. Now let me think. (It’s tough,

   Because we’ve got a LOT OF STUFF.)

Look! Statues made by ancient Greeks!

To name them all would take me weeks.

But not a single statue here

Is of a dinosaur, I fear.

These paintings are all very rare.

No photos, please! Stay back, take care!

No dinosaurs in here, I’m told,

Although our paintings are quite old.

Of course, they’re dusted now and then

By trusted, well-trained handymen.

Here! Here is what you’re looking for!

Here’s where we keep our dinosaur!

It lived a long, long time ago,

Two hundred million years or so!