"When the college semester was over, I was at home resting on break when, on the day before Christmas Eve I was visited at home by my friends Trachodon and Agathaumas," said Stegosaurus.

"What brings you to visit me, good friends? Here, let me share with you a meal of holiday Pteridophytes. It is Christmas; these are not of the low fat variety."

"Thank you kindly," said Trachodon, and immediately set about eating the meal that was provided.

"Trachodon and I have come to ask you a favor," said Agathaumas.

"What do you require of me?" asked Stegosaurus. "I will try my best to be of help."

"Well, thank you," said Agathaumas. "As you know, Christmas Day is nearly upon us."

"...and," said Trachodon, looking up gratefully from his delicious, unexpected meal, "We'd like you to intercede with Stegosaurus Claus on our behalf."

"Why would you need me to do that?" asked Stegosaurus. "Have you two done something to end up on the Naughty list?"

"I hope I may say without vanity, no," said Agathaumas. "We have... I think fair to say, met the criteria for the Nice list."

"I think you should," said Stegosaurus. "So, what's the problem? What's the concern?"

"Well, we think we've both been pretty good this year," said Trachodon, as Agathaumas dug into his own Pteridophyte meal. "But..."

"....We're not sure Stegosaurus Claus will visit us, because we're Nomen dubium"

Agathaumas swallowed a bite of ferns, and said, "We're concerned, in short, that Stegosaurus Claus will pass us by just because we don't really exist. Trachodon's teeth, "discovered" in 1856 are probably actually teeth of a Parasaurualophus or a Corythosaurus... and though there was great pomp and circumstance when I was "discovered" in 1872, when it comes down to it, I'm just some misidentified Congresssaurus Triceratops vertebrae. But the fact remains that Trachodon and I .... we've been really, really good this year and we would like to find we have presents Christmas morning just like the dinosaurs that do exist."

"You will have to forgive me, if I have not noticed the good works that you do," said Stegosaurus. "Not that I am questioning your character in any way."

"We understand," assured Trachodon; "Indeed, the good works we do, we do in silence, as befits dinosaurs that don't exist."

"This is quite proper, and admirable," said Stegosaurus. "It is proper of anyone whether they exist or not."

"If you promise to keep what we tell you in confidence, we will explain to you some of the things we have done, and perhaps you can relay this information to Stegosaurus Claus for us," said Trachodon.

"I will be glad to be of help," said Stegosaurus, "Though I am sure Stegosaurus Claus will know; he knows everything. He knows when you are sleeping and awake, naughty or nice, all of that."

"Very true," said Agathaumas, but if we were real, Trachodon and I would be millions of years old, yet in all that time, we have not ever received one Christmas present. This is why we come to you. You are very popular among the dinosaurs; you are easily recognized as one of the classic examples of what a dinosaur is, even small children love you for some reason, so if you intercede with Stegosaurus Claus for us, I'm sure he will be moved to leave us presents."

"Small children might know me, but not many would know Agathaumas," said Trachodon with sympathy.

"I would really like to be loved by small children for Christmas," said Agathaumas. "No child ever plays with Agathaumas toys because there are none."

"I could reference you both to my public relations firm, my agent at the Dinosaur and Mythical Creature Screen Actors Guild Local 14065. My agent is really big in the industry... she's an Argentinosaurus. It isn't all bad. Don't be despondent upon Christmas because you both appeared with me in The Lost World film last month ..... or maybe that was 1925. It wasn't that long ago, I know. And both of you have been painted by my friend ( and yours ) Charles Knight. You have your place in history, if not the fossil record."

"Well, you know about the times we joined you and the Stegosaurus Disaster Relief Agency .... particularly that year the Moa Birds suffered the earthquake in New Zealand." said Trachodon.

"I am sorry," said Stegosaurus. "I do not recall your having been there. I apologize for not noticing."

"No, that is okay," said Trachodon. "Remember the good works we do we do in silence. Remember too, in January of this year Julio and his children? I helped you replace his roof."

"Well! You are indeed very humble about the good works you do!" exclaimed the surprised plate lizard.

"And just a few weeks ago, the Stegosaurus Disaster Relief Agency went to Texas with Rhedosaurus and his lovely wife," said Agathaumas.
"The Moa Birds were there, too... and so was I. I built a few dams."

"You have made your case." said Stegosaurus. "I will do what I can for you both. I will say that the odds are good, because Rhedosaurus and his wife receive presents every year, and they don't exist either."

"Thank you so much," said Agathaumas. "It really means a lot to us."

" When my friends finished their Pteridophyte meal, I bid them a good holiday, and they departed with plans to help run a soup kitchen on Christmas Day. As it turned out, I did not have to speak to Stegosaurus Claus," said Stegosaurus. "Trachodon and Agathaumas woke up on Christmas morning to Christmas presents for the first time in their lives. And I wrote a letter to my agent at the Dinosaur and Mythical Creature Screen Actor's Guild to see if I could help improve their public relations. I can't think of two dinosaurs more deserving of the attention. I hope my readers will take example of the good that Trachodon and Agathaumas have done and apply it themselves not only during this Christmas Season, but all throughout the year."

"My class and I, to my surprise were sent earlier this month to my native State of Colorado," said Stegosaurus. "I am still studying for my doctorate in tree disease. It has been a while I know, but it takes a long time to attain a doctorate when your brain is the size of a walnut. I'm slow, but I'm good."

"We were tasked with leaving the trees alone and only eating the woody bushes some 5 to 9000 feet up in the Colorado mountains. I found myself a nice meal of Ptelea trifoliata. And then, a little further up, I found some Cercocarpus ledifolius which was a rather heavy meal, but quite delicious. One of the most difficult parts of the test was identifying and eating the different forms of Hawthorns in my State. I found a nice group of Crataegus chrysocarpa, of which there was enough to share with my classmates. We also found considerable amounts of Crataegus erythropoda, and Crataegus succulenta. It was at this time that I accidentally ate a whole Pseudotsuga menziesii which is not a woody shrub, and I will probably get points marked off for that... but it is near Christmas, and I could hardly resist; other than the Picea pungens Engelmann, they are my favorite tree to eat."

"Welcome, Brothers and Sisters! Welcome to my Holy Pentecostal Church of the Pleistocene Revival!" declared Woolly Mammoth.

"My Sermon today is on an ancient text, yet very topical for the times. Today I speak on the 133 rd Psalm. Who is here today, to hear the word of God?"

"Kentrosaurus is here!" declared Kentrosaurus. "You will speak the truth, as I know you to be a prophet of the Most High."

"We also have as a guest my cousin Wuerhosaurus, who has floated forthrightly all the way from China in his slow boat."

"Thank you for the introduction, Cousin," said Wuerhosaurus.

"I had to start out in August, but I made it in time. My good old boat is good, but she's slow." said Wuerhosaurus."As a Buddhist, I feel the path to self fulfillment comes from a deep and personal introspection but I have come to spend this season visiting my cousins, so I am here to hear this sermon, knowing that there are many paths to the same Source."

"How interesting that you should bring this up given the topic of the Sermon this morning," observed Woolly Mammoth.

"Quagga is here as well," said Sister Quagga. "At this festive time of year it is pleasant to be among friends."

"Western Black Rhino is present, too. I'm adjusting to this being extinct thing, but I really don't like it. I think maybe a good sermon will cheer me and be uplifting."

"We also have visiting from New Zealand, a flock of Upland Moa Birds," observed Quagga.

"Welcome,one and all!" said Woolly Mammoth.

"We are glad to be here, thank you for having us," said Upland Moa.

"Kentrosaurus, where are Lexovissaurus and Loricatosaurus?" asked Woolly Mammoth.

"Lexovissaurus and Loricatosaurus are not here; they are visiting Canada."

"Where is Stegosaurus?" Woolly Mammoth rejoined his interlocutor.

"He is studying for a test in his college class," replied Kentrosaurus.

"Very well," replied the Woolly Preaching Pachyderm. "Let the sermon begin, my children."

To which, the congregation replied, "Amen."

"I want to talk to you this morning about the 133 rd Psalm. Though written by King David in ancient times, it is very current and speaks to us today. If we listen, it can help us, indeed. Let me explain to you now, my brothers and sisters in Christ."

To which, the congregation replied, "Amen."

"When you consider the world today, all the divisions, the polarized contentions, errors so strong in conviction that listening and learning is seemingly impossible, it is well to remember the words of this Psalm. In frustration you may think, what can I do, when no one will listen, and you know you are not the one in error? Take comfort in this ancient yet timely advice:

"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" For beyond this mortal coil, higher above than the cold land of extinction, is a holy land of peace and brotherhood that heals divisions, that opens the ears that were stopp'd and the eyes that were blinded to see the Grace .... the Holy Grace of the Most High God Jesus Christ who will come to those who suffer and who are downtrodden and say, " Come. When you have accepted me, you will know peace and you will be one in the heart of the Father! AMEN! Can I hear you say it with me, AMEN! AMEN! Brothers and sisters, Amen!

To which, the congregation replied, "Amen!"

"You can make that world a part of your daily life here and now by accepting Christ Jesus into your heart! By this small concession you have the power to bring about without that which you see within: The Blessings of Jesus the Christ redeemer of mammal and dinosaur alike!

Verily, I say unto you brothers and sisters, "It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even priestly Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;" For we all are touched by Grace and become ONE with the Lord. I said, ONE with the LORD JESUS! Amen! Can I get an Amen?"

To which, the congregation replied, "Amen!"

"And then you will know, and then, you will see clearly now that which had been hidden by the concerns of the mortal world. The Christ within. That is within all of us and waiting to come out. This ointment runs down my wool, it can run down your fur, down your feathers, and down your scales too! Embrace the Lord! Embrace PEACE! Verily I say unto you that, there WILL be life forever more! The Bible assures me! The Holy Word of GOD Himself!"

To which, the congregation replied, "Amen!"

"Now the question remains, my brothers and sisters, how do we create that frame of mind here, on this planet? How do we bring this time closer to now than speaking of some time and some place in the future? I tell you all now, this feeling you have in your soul, in your heart, can be brought to the mortal world! The Kingdom of Heaven can be in the here and now!"

To which, the congregation replied, "Amen!"

"I say unto you that if you reflect that soul of the Christ within, those around you will feel the love and hope that the Lord provides, and thus, people will voluntarily choose to emulate you!"

To Which, the congregation replied, "Amen!"

"Reflect not a world of hate, discrimination, a fixation on particular verses of The Book to the exclusion of others; you don't have to agree with the choices a fellow creature makes to love them; to show them the example of love and forgiveness which is the soul of what it means to be CHRISTIAN. Be this, and others will see it."

"Where you see love, you are love. When you are love, you reflect the person of Christ Jesus. All the paths converge...."

"And we shall all live together in unity on that Holy day! Can I get an Amen, brothers and sisters? AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN to the Lord Jesus CHRIST!"

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Bonjour, je m’appelle Loricatosaurus! 

Mon époux Lexovissaurus et moi nous avons aimé visiter le Canada durant mes vacances de collège à Oxford. La raison pour laquelle nous avons visité le Canada, nous avions reçu une invitation de notre ami. Il voulait nous introduire à une nouvelle amie, Wendiceratops, elle est originaire de Toronto et était une parenté de Styracosaurus et Congresssaurus Triceratops. 

"Merci pour être venu," dit Styracosaurus, qui avait piétiné de l’Alberta à Toronto pour être capable de nous introduire à sa parenté. "Aimeriez-vous avoir des plantes de café ou peut-être des feuilles de thé?" 

Mon époux et moi nous avions décidé de consommer des plantes de café en attendant l’arrivée de Wendiceratops. Quand elle est arrivée, Styracosaurus lui aussi lui a offert des plantes de café, quelle a gracieusement accepté. 

"Merci, Loricatosaurus, Lexovissaurus, d’être venu me voir.... J’étais inconnu pour une longue période de temps et je commençais à désespérer que ma découverte n’allait jamais venir et je veux vous demander si vous pouvez m’aider à annoncer mon retour. Votre crédibilité et réputation culturelle est très importante.  Nous les Ceratopcids comme vous savez, nous sommes fondés sur des principes, constants et altruistes; je veux être certain que cette annonce sera bien présentée."

"Nous allons faire de notre mieux pour vous aider," nous avons dit à Wendiceratops. 

"Merci pour votre service à ma parenté," nous a dit Styracosaurus. 

Lexovissaurus et moi avons demandé à Wendiceratops se quelle comptait faire; comment elle allait faire sa marque.  Notre interlocutrice a répondu en nous disant: "J’aimerais poser sa candidature pour le parlement Canadien; je crois que j’ai une bonne plateforme qui serait très avantageuse pour les citoyen du Canada."

C’était à ce moment que mon époux et moi avons décidé de l’aider, nous avions la responsabilité d’écrire ses discours et d’être à sa disposition pour l’aviser dans toute autre chose. 

"Premièrement" nous a dit Wendiceratops, "Nous devons à apprendre à vivre ensemble et le premier pas est d’être capable de s’écouter les uns les autres avec patience. Juste parce que vous êtes dans une majorité, cela ne veut pas dire que vous avez raison; nous avons tous quelque chose à apprendre d’un de l’autre. Personne n’est meilleur que l’autre et la personne qui n’est pas d’accord avec vous n’est pas votre ennemi. Ils sont intéressés dans les même choses que vous, mais ils utilisent d’autres méthodes que vous pour atteindre les même objectifs."

"Si vous pensez que vous savez tout et que vous ne devez pas écouter les opinions de l’opposition, vous avez beaucoup à apprendre. Peut-être que vous ne réalisez pas, mais vous avez beaucoup à apprendre.  Donc dans cette campagne, je veux souligner que nous devons avoir des séminaires pour des véritables débats sur des questions d’intérêts publiques et comment développer les pensées critiques, et considéré des règles formelles et le langage pour le débat. Vous devez apprendre à écouter, ou vous allez devenir divisé et ne serait pas capable de voir les vues communes, et les problèmes ne seront jamais résolus. Nous devons croire en nous-mêmes et de nouveau à apprendre comment travailler ensemble."    

 Et moi et Loricatosaurus nous avons souhaité bonne chance à Wendiceratops".  "Même si elle ne réussissait pas dans sa campagne’’.

Stegosaurus went to the internet and checked Ticketmaster on line to see if Ada Jones was giving a concert tour this summer.

"Having left Texas well after my Disaster Relief Agency had helped rebuild some of the damaged areas there, I stomped on over to Long Island New York to see if I could find Ada," said Stegosaurus. "I had a nice meal of Betula Lenta, some really nice and delicious Cercis canadensis, and even some really good Liriodendron tulipifera while I was there visiting New York, but Miss Jones must have been out of town, perhaps to Roanoke,VA under the auspices of the Roanoke Cycle Company. I don't know. She was nowhere to be found."

"I was disappointed," conceded the well traveled Plate Lizard, "But I did stop by the Natural History Museum while I was in the neighborhood and made a little extra money playing extinct for a while. Julio and his children didn't stop by this time, unfortunately."

"Perhaps I'll stomp home to Colorado before the summer is out and visit my old friend and favorite guitarist Nick Lucas; I'm sure he's still popular with the small children today. I don't see how his fame could ever fade."

"Maybe it will be that I'll have better luck trying to attend a concert by Jenny Lind; in her case I might have to get on my raft and float forthrightly to Sweden, but it would be so worth it! She is such a cutting edge popular singer these days!"

Stegosaurus and his classmates stomped forthrightly to Texas in early June accompanied by Rhedosaurus and his lovely wife Lady Rhedosaurus to help as part of the Stegosaurus Disaster Relief Agency. A flock of Upland Moa birds also felt compelled to join them in their rescue efforts.

"I saw that my friends in Texas needed some help, so I called upon my classmates and a few others who enjoy helping those in need to stomp to their aid," said Stegosaurus.


"I started this service because I am very experienced in dealing with the problems that disasters can cause. Just ask me about Chicxulub some time!"

"Houston dealt with 11 inches of rain just prior to this disaster, and other parts of Texas, particularly those places along the Trinity River are facing the prospect of additional rainfall so we sent the Moa Birds up there to help out," said Lady Rhedosaurus.

"Yes, honestly, this place right now looks worse than the time I stomped through New York in '53," said Rhedosaurus.

"I'm glad you're here to help," said Stegosaurus. "A small contingent of my classmates have gone up the Trinity River to help the Moas resolve problems and aid victims of Nature's excessive deluge."


"We're working together with ( the native mammals of Texas as well, ) to prove to the World that voluntary action is not only the most efficient, but the least intrusive method to public liberty that can be devised by mammal or prehistoric animal," said a Moa Bird emphatically.

"Small children love to see us too! Why, yesterday I paused to give some small children some levity by letting them ride on my back between my plates," said Stegosaurus. "It pleased me to see them so happy."

"And if the Moas are building up a dam, or the Rhedosaurids are helping to rebuild mammal homes, we know we are doing our part in the community. Everyone knows us and loves us, everywhere we stomp," the loquacious plate lizard concluded.

"No one is afraid, and they are grateful to work with us as Texans particularly, of all North American mammals, have an independent streak," said Lady Rhedosaurus. "Not one is afraid. Even of my husband!"

"I'm glad Rhedosaurus is repairing his reputation with figures of mammal authority," said Stegosaurus. "Keep working with us, and in time you'll find mammals will eventually remember you more for the good deeds you have done, the permanence of the silver screen aside," said Stegosaurus.

"You have such remarkable faith in the better parts of mammal nature," observed Rhedosaurus. "It is very admirable."

"Thank you friend," said Stegosaurus. "I've lived 140 million and 9 years focusing on the positive. Good advice for anyone. It really helps you live a happier and more productive life."

"Can you believe it? Another year has gone by and I recently celebrated my 140 million and 9th birthday. It seems like only yesterday that I was 140 million and 8. Here I am with my cake. Birthday cakes are a tradition on birthdays started by mammals."

"Every year my birthday wish is the same: That the world would once again become devoid of polar ice caps, just as it was in my youth, when I was just out of my shell. That may not be good weather for a mammal, but its perfect for a Stegosaurus."

"Even better than a cake this year was the gift of an aloe plant! Whenever I get nervous I always consume aloe plants because of their soothing properties. How very delicious! Its not every day a dinosaur turns 140 million and 9, so I stomped out forthrightly and properly celebrated the day of my birth by eating at one of my favorite dining establishments: The Community Garden Center."

"We are on the cusp of summer! Let us go and see what kind of grand adventures we can have together!"

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Today Stegosaurus held a press conference to make a very important announcement.

"Thank you for coming, Ladies and Gentlemen. Very nice to see my adoring public again. Especially the small children, who love me for some reason. I appreciate your friendship and support very much. I have to make a very important statement about my future, one I thought I'd never make."

"A hard decision has been made," said Stegosaurus. "After 7 years I have left my employment as Hokie Bird Protector. Fortunately I still have my second job at the Asplundh Tree Expert Company and they have graciously agreed to increase my hours there. A lot of trees need trimming, and I'm just the dinosaur to do it!"

"I also have my School of Dance and other entrepreneurial endeavors as well. I believe in diversification and the absolute best in the American Spirit. I'm not the quintessential American dinosaur for nothing you know ... I like to think that I embody the best of the American way and tradition. A leader by example."

"I wish the Hokie Bird well; he should not take this decision personally as it had nothing to do with his character or demeanor towards me which has always been pleasant and upstanding. He's a fine individual, and when I evolve I want to be just like him. Either that or maybe a Band-tailed pigeon."

"In the interests of professionalism I will not here go into my reasoning for leaving my job as Hokie Bird Protector, but I will say I find some decisions by upper management to be very disappointing, and in many ways I no longer feel welcome at a place I once treated like home. Nonetheless I wish my former superiors well, and may the choices they have made work out well for them. I have been around for over 140 million years now, and If I can survive climate changes and meteor strikes I will survive this."


"Thank you very much for your time."

"I have heard of this upstanding group of mammals who formed an organization called Christians Against Dinosaurs and decided to join them when I saw they were looking for celebrities to further their cause," said Kentrosaurus. "My cousins, and even Wooly Mammoth think I am being silly, but my faith and my resolve are solid."

Christians against Dinosaurs spokesman John Robert Decir Gilipolleces, who insisted upon being called by the name "Ha-matzav - khara", was enthusiastic. "We're very pleased to have Kentrosaurus with us!" He said. "It is a sign from The Almighty Lord which proves our point, I think. If a dinosaur joins us and says he doesn't exist it must be so! He ought to know if he exists or not!"

"I spent this weekend at the American Museum of Natural History in New York", said Stegosaurus. "I was there for one of my many public relations initiatives which have been so numerous in the last few hundred years. The job market can really be brutal when you're extinct, you know. There's not much call for work outside of a museum. Anyway there I was standing still for hours. I've received a lifetime achievement award for playing extinct as you might recall. I'm REALLY good at it they say."

"Early in the morning a mammal carrying a suitcase came in followed by 6 children. The children were delighted to see me because they were small, and small children everywhere love me for some reason. I keep making that observation, because its true. Don't know why for sure but I am very thankful for it. It was very interesting observing the actions of this mammal and his children, because he kept lining them up in single file, and then arranging and re arranging them in different order.

On occasion another mammal would stop him and they would converse a little bit. Then, he'd go back to arranging his children in various combinations.

Then, he opened his suitcase and arranged his garments within in different combinations.

This went on for the better part of the day. Finally at the end of the day curiosity got the better of me, and with very few mammals left in the museum before closing, I ventured to ask him what he was doing. To his credit, he did not seem at all surprised that I should speak to him in a museum. That's good. I really hate to frighten mammals like that plus I don't want to lose the reputation that got me my life time achievement award. I'm really proud of that.

"Hi, my name is Stegosaurus," said Stegosaurus.

"Hi," said the mammal. "My name is Julio. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

"If you don't mind my asking what in the world are you doing there, arranging your children in so many different combinations?"

"It is very interesting, how nice of you to ask," said Julio. "Did you know," my interlocutor said enthusiastically, "..... that I can arrange my 6 children, single file, in 720 different ways?"

"How do you know this? How do you arrive at that number?" asked Stegosaurus.

"It is very simple, " observed Julio. "I have used the Fundamental Counting Principle of mathematics. Using that very same principle, I have determined that with the two pair of shoes, five pair of pants and 6 shirts I have in my suitcase that I can expect to have 60 different combinations of garments to wear."

"Very interesting," observed Stegosaurus. "I don't have a good brain for numbers it is only the size of a walnut but I do know a lot of facts about myself in numbers."

"Oh yes," said Julio. "Would you please tell me this information? I am always fascinated with numbers."

"A Stegosaurus has about 300 bones," said Stegosaurus.
"A Stegosaurus has on average about 16 spiff, sexy plates. Sometimes you will see one of us with a few more than that but on average the number is 16."
"A Stegosaurus also has 16 claws, on 4 feet."
"Four is also the number of spikes that I have on my cool, spiky tail."

"Fascinating facts!" observed Julio with glee.
"Would you mind if I re arranged your 300 bones into different combinations?"
"If its all the same I had rather you not do so honestly," said Stegosaurus. "I find myself really attached to my bones the way that they are."
"This is very understandable," observed Julio. "The way they are has served you well for millions of years."
"I will tell you a fact about set theory," Julio continued, "Now there is a formula I will teach you about which can tell us how many subsets a particular set has. The formula is 2 to the power of x. X is representative of the number of elements." Julio paused to clear his throat and then resumed, "The set Stegosaurus has 11 elements in it; That is 2 to the 11th power for a total for 2,048 ."
"I did not know this!" declared Stegosaurus. "You are so smart you can teach a Stegosaurus mathematics!"
"Thank you," said Julio.

"The museum is about to close now," observed Stegosaurus. "What will you do with the rest of your day?"

"Well," said Julio, I must go to the Home Depot hardware store and buy bundles of shingles to re shingle my roof. Then, maybe at night I will solve some quadratic equations before bed."

"I think the quadratic equations are above the understanding capacity of my walnut sized brain," observed Stegosaurus. "I would be very interested in helping you re shingle your roof. If you were to translate the Greek and Latin roots of my name I would be known as a Narrow -faced roof lizard. This is why at The Stegosaurus Construction Company roofing is our specialty. "

"I would be pleased to receive the help of The Stegosaurus Construction Company," said Julio. "Thank you very much."

When we left the museum, Julio and his children decided to ride by Stegosaurus, because we all know fossil fuel is murder. On the way I asked Julio what the square footage of his roof was.

"1800 square feet." responded Julio.

"Let's see, then, " said Stegosaurus. "You must have 18 squares, determined by dividing 1800 into 100. 18 squares times 3 bundles square is 54. We will need 54 bundles."

"I thought you said you were not very good in dealing with numbers!" said Julio with surprise.

"Yes, but also, roofing is the specialty of the Stegosaurus Construction Company you know."

"Oh right," said Julio.

"I just do what I do," shrugged Stegosaurus.

"I called upon my crew which included not only my usual classmates from college but Julio as well. By dusk, we had finished our work."

"Thank you very much! I appreciate the help!" said Julio.

"No problem, glad to do it," said Stegosaurus.

"Look at that sunset," said Julio. "What a beautiful time of the evening to solve quadratic equations."

"The Stegosaurus Construction Company shall leave you to your equations, good friend. How very nice to make your acquaintance. I hope we meet again."

"Oh I'm sure we will," said Julio. "Come back tomorrow. I need to return to Home Depot to buy some paint and a door."