A friend's post on Facebook about a Jurassic dinosaurs exhibit reminded me of the time my mom took my sister and I to a similar exhibit, if I remember correctly, called "Dinosaurs ALIVE!" This was before the movie "Jurassic Park" came out in theaters.
Little me took it literally, thinking there were real dinosaurs in the exhibit. The only dinosaurs I've seen before then were on children's books, "The Land Before Time" cartoon, and crude, old, stop-motion movies with dinosaurs in it.
Walking down the long corridor towards the exhibit, we could hear the dinosaurs roaring and screaming. I tightened my grip on my mom's hand. I was "game" to go in, but my legs were shaky and felt like turning back. Then we went inside and saw the huge dinosaurs greeting us. They were just huge sculptures and animatronics with sounds.
I was both relieved and disappointed that the dinosaurs were not alive. I had fun exploring and reading the names of the dinosaurs and what they looked like. Ever since then, I've had a love or love relationship with dinosaurs and paleontology.
I'm done
Little me took it literally, thinking there were real dinosaurs in the exhibit. The only dinosaurs I've seen before then were on children's books, "The Land Before Time" cartoon, and crude, old, stop-motion movies with dinosaurs in it.
Walking down the long corridor towards the exhibit, we could hear the dinosaurs roaring and screaming. I tightened my grip on my mom's hand. I was "game" to go in, but my legs were shaky and felt like turning back. Then we went inside and saw the huge dinosaurs greeting us. They were just huge sculptures and animatronics with sounds.
I was both relieved and disappointed that the dinosaurs were not alive. I had fun exploring and reading the names of the dinosaurs and what they looked like. Ever since then, I've had a love or love relationship with dinosaurs and paleontology.
I'm done
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