Yippee and Dino Series - Part 1

 Yippee is seven today!

In a far far away land lived Yippee with his parents. The land was called Giant land. That was for a very simple reason. All giants lived here.

 Illustration by Gauri Ghosal 

Yippee was the 7 year old son to Giant Mom and Giant Dad. Life in Giant land was good. The roads were wide and clean. The houses were neatly arranged alongside the roads. All the houses had sloping roofs which made Giant land a rather beautiful looking town.

Today was Yippee’s birthday and he was so looking forward to his birthday present that Mom and Dad had promised him. They had promised to take him to the big pet store in town and let him choose his pet on his own. There were going to be no ifs and buts Dad had promised.

The family had breakfast and then it was time to go to the pet store. Yippee could not hide his excitement. He was jumping up and down , so much so, that Dad had to say, “Please Yippee, you need to sit quietly else it will take us forever to reach the store. Your jumping is making the car shake a lot!”

Yippee said “Sorry”,rather meekly and tried to sit as quietly as possible. Soon, though not soon enough for Yippee, they reached the big pet store.

Yippee leaped out of the car and ran all the way to the store. “Dad, Mom lets hurry up”, said Yippee a bit impatient. He wanted to quickly look at all the pets in the pet store and decide on a pet fast The door tinkled as he opened the door and the friendly Mr Kind Face looked up and smiled at Yippee. “So what can I do for you today, young man?”, he asked

“I am here to get my pet. Today is my birthday”, said Yippee. Mr Kind Face’s smile broadened and he asked “So where are your parents?” At this very moment the door opened and in walked Dad and Mom both a little out of breath.

Yippee quickly moved from one container to another checking out all the animals. There was a mountain lizard who looked up hopefully at Yippee. Yippee did not give it a second glance. Then there was  a baby Giraffe looking at Yippee with soft round eyes. Yippee looked at him and said “You ‘re so cute but you look too much of a softie , not the right kind of pet for me” He then moved on and checked the other containers but nothing he saw seemed to hold his attention.

Suddenly ,Yippee stopped next to one container which was sealed from top and all that it had as an opening were some holes on the side. “What is inside this?” asked Yippee filled with curiosity.

Mr Kind Face said with a smile” Oh! this is a new addition to the store.She came only yesterday night and I did not get the time to move her to one of the open containers. It is a dinosaur”

“A dinosaur!” wow ! can I have a look?” asked Yippee gleefully

 Illustration by Gauri Ghosal

“Yes of course”, said Mr Kind Face. He opened the container from the top and Yippee and Mom and Dad looked in. What they saw completely took their breath away. Inside was the tiniest dinosaur that they had ever seen. “Oh! she is so tiny” said Mom. “Yippee what do you think”? asked Dad. Yippee said with a smile on his face”Lets take Dino home” From that day on Yippee and Dino were completely inseparable

 To be continued...