Yippee and Dino Series - Part 6

Dino meets Yippee's class

The teacher decided to take Yippee and Dino into another room. She called in another teacher to look after her class.

“Okay, Yippee, tell me what is going on?” she asked. Yippee looked at his Rosy Ma’am rather sheepishly. “Oh, Ma’am, Dino must have followed me to school”, he said

A surprised Rosy Ma'am
Illustration by Gauri Ghosal 

“But why?” she asked. “Oh she wants to come to the school too and when I told her that she can’t she must have thought of this naughty plan of following me to school”, said Yippee.

Dino, in the meanwhile was cowering behind Yippee looking every bit scared. She felt that Rosy Ma’am had a loud voice and that scared her.

“Hmm, so you are saying that you had nothing to do with bringing Dino to the school?”, she asked.

“Nothing at all, Ma’am, believe me”, said Yippee.

“Ma’am, Dino is a baby right now and she is the most gentle and friendly dinosaur that ever lived. She did not come with the intention of scaring or hurting anyone. It is just that she does not like to stay away from me”, said Yippee

Hearing this, Dino stepped from behind Yippee and said “Hello” to Rosy Ma’am. Her hello came across as a soft growl.

Rosy Ma’am looked at Dino closely and saw Dino’s gentle eyes. She realized that Dino was a perfectly harmless Dinosaur. 

“All the kids in the classroom are frightened because of Dino. Yippee, we would need to take Dino back and get them to understand that your pet is a Dinosaur but a friendly one”, said Rosy Ma’am

Yippee felt that that was a great idea. He would get a chance to show-off his awesome pet in front of the entire class.

“I have a plan”, Yippee said to Rosy Ma’am

Rosy Ma’am liked the plan. The three went back to the class.

By now the other teacher had managed to calm down the kids and she had got them busy drawing.

Rosy Ma’am asked Yippee and Dino to wait outside the class while she got the class ready for Dino.

She said to the class. Today we are going to do something new. We are going to bring our pet to the school and introduce him to the class.

Today is Yippee’s turn and he has got his pet Dinosaur along with him. Please don’t be scared. His dinosaur is just a chicken eating dinosaur and she is very sweet and gentle. She will not hurt anybody.

“So are you all ready to meet her”, she asked the class looked a bit stunned at this announcement.

 Dino meets Yippee's friends
Illustration by Gauri Ghosal

But at the same time they were a curious bunch and very soon they all asked for Dino.

Yippee and Dino walked into the class. There was an awe-struck silence in the class. The kids sat without moving as if they were playing statue!

Yippee introduced Dino to everyone. “Hi friends, meet my pet dinosaur, Dino. She is still a baby.  Dino waved shyly at the class.

Then Rosy ma’am asked Yippee to talk to the class about Dino.

Yippee talked about Dino’s hunger for chicken burgers, how she played hide and seek with him and how she follows him everywhere in the house.

“When I am taking a bath, Dino waits just outside the door”, he told the class

By this time the children were not feeling as scared of Dino as they had when they first saw her.

In fact, all the stuff they heard about Dino made them feel that Dino was a regular fun pet.

Yippee’s friend, Tippee, decided to walk up to Yippee and Dino and asked Yippee, “Can I touch her”, asked Tippee

“Of course, you can. Go ahead”, said Yippee smiling

Tippee offered his hand to Dino and Dino promptly shook his hands.

Tippee beamed with excitement. “Oh! This is so cool. Wait till I tell all my friends about it!” he said

At this moment, the Tiffin gong went off. Rosy Ma’am decided to call Yippee’s Mamma to take Dino back home.

When Mamma heard that Dino was actually in school there was mixed feelings of relief and anger.

Rosy Ma’am with the help of Yippee took Dino into the school waiting area. Yippee’s Mamma came and thanked Rosy Ma’am for all the help.

Mamma said to Dino, “Wait till we reach home!”

Dino looked at Mamma smiling and said,” So are there more chicken burgers at home?”

All that Mamma heard, of course, was just a soft growl.

To be continued...