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Inspired by 'Welcome to Dinovember' by Refe Tuma
Based on a true story.
Dedicated to all the parents who haven't forgotten, what it means to be a child.
Rawhhhhh, you will never be able to beat me.
I am far too strong for you!
Ahh, Help me! T-Rex wants to eat me. Hurry!
Take that, T-Rex! Dino-Baby won't be eaten today, or eveeeer!
Jana dear, I'm gonna pick you up from Finn's at 6 o'clock, alright?
Jana? Dear, do you hear me?
Finn? Jana is here.
I already got it for my birthday! It's so cool.
Actually my birthday is just next week, but daddy said I can have it now.
You can play heaps of games with it and it's completely new.
Lukas has one, too, but it's much smaller.
Daddy already downloaded heaps of games. That one's the best.
Look, it even has a multiplayer mode.
Well? What adventure did you and the dinosaurs go on today?
Your mum has just told me that Jana came to visit today. I guess it's not enough, seeing each other everyday at school?
Dinosaurs are stupid.
Why? What happened?
Jana got a tablet for her birthday. That's far cooler.
We played with that tablet... a racing game...
We could race with the cars... in a competition or together...
But I thought Jana's birthday is only next week?
She got it beforehand.
Aha.
Jana! Will you finally put it in your bag now?
Dumb cow.
Do you wanna hear a secret?
Yes! What is it?
Last night my dinosaurs came alive.
Damn, I thought you found out something funny or so.
Jana, I'm serious! They messed up the whole kitchen,
and the vase was broken, and eggs...
Stop talking nonsense. You are just jealous of my new tablet.
It's not my fault that your dinosaurs are that boring.
Finn! Jana! Enough already!
You do know what that means, right? I already thought so yesterday, when Finn...
Ah, Finn. Good morning.
Good morning.
I swear, it wasn't me! The dinosaurs did that! Really.
They are mad, I didn't play with them!
And the same thing happened, when you were little?
Yes. I think I was about your age. And the dinosaurs must have been really bored, because I didn't play with them anymore.
From that time on, they became alive, each night in November and messed up everything.
Obviously your grandparents weren't happy at all.
And you are completely sure, that they are not mad at me?
I am completely sure. They are just bored. You better teach them some behavioral codes now.
I'd prefer, if the other walls stayed white.
So, drawing on walls won't go. And the story with the vase, wasn't a cool move from you either.
And eggs are there to be eaten, not to be destroyed.
But if you want to draw, I'm gonna get you some paper and pencils, do you hear?
And you can also play with the knight's castle.
And you're also allowed to go to the game cupboard.
TV is not a good idea, because daddy doesn't like it. Alright?
I still don't understand. Why are you doing all this? All that effort.
Only to give that child an illusion, which will disappoint him in the end.
Someday he will find out, that everything was a lie anyway.
But Sabine, it is no lie.
It is just imagination, which was always normal for us in the past.
And these days, where all the kids only busy themselves with cell-phones, gaming consoles and the internet,
they are loosing their sense of wonder and imagination. We didn't want that to happen with Finn as well.
Try and understand. In a time when the answers to all the world's questions are a web-search away
we want him to experience a little mystery.
All it takes is some time, creativity, and a few plastic dinosaurs.
Childhood is fleeting, so let's make sure it's fun while it lasts.