Have You Seen My Dinosaur? (2 page)

I lost my dinosaur today.

Do you suppose he ran away?

Could he be hanging from a kite?

Or hiding somewhere in plain sight?

He likes to watch me comb my hair.

This morning, though, he wasn’t there.

I thought that he was in the shower.

Oh, he can shower for an hour.

He might be in some big desk drawer.

Please, have you seen my dinosaur?

You say you’ve lost a dinosaur?

A strange thing to be looking for!

A thing as tall and wide as that

You won’t find underneath a hat!

If I were you, I’d get a cat.

Or dog.

Or bird.

Or small white rat.

Have you seen my dinosaur?

It’s teatime. It’s his turn to pour.

Now let me see. What have we got?

A lynx. Some minks. An ocelot.

Plus two gnu. A kinkajou.

Camels with one hump or two.

A big black bear from Baden-Baden.