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Article: My brother is a Tyrannosaurus rex. (short story)
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- U.S. Kids
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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In the messiest room of our house, beneath a pile of stolen cereal box prizes, lurks the meanest, sneakiest, most ferocious creature that ever roamed the earth. His name is T. Rex Andronicus. He's my big brother. Mom says the "T" stands for Theophilus. "It's an old family name," she says. But I know better. Oh, it's a family name, all right--a dinosaur family name! That "T" doesn't stand for Theophilus. It stands for Tyrannosaurus. And my big brother is a full-blooded, tree-stomping, toy-snatching Tyrannosaurus rex!
Of course, he's not a Tyrannosaurus all the time. When Mom is watching, he's just Theophilus. All the grown-ups like him. And you should hear my ...