It's okay
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It’s okay if you dropped it. You can still eat the food. It’s not five minutes yet.
There was a myth that said in the old and wise dinosaur age that if you dropped your food, they can still eat them since it is bacteria free. However, the toleration was only five minutes to wait otherwise all those little and tiny bacteria will slowly come and eat what they left of the food on the floor.
T-Rex knew this.
His mother always advised him. And his relatives and extensive family knew it too. They always said together, “It is not yet five minutes, so it is okay.”
One day in science class, Madam T-Rex, the teacher, said to the class that there would be a quiz and the one who wins will get a meal of meat to eat.
“Yay,” thought T-Rex.
She explained. “How long does a dinosaur live?” will be the quiz.
All the dinosaur kids just dumped at their mouths not knowing how to answer the question. Then one day came the ice cream Mr. Dino Ice in town. He came just a few weeks before the quiz ended. He said, “Who wants ice cream, anyone?”
“It is good for you.”
T-Rex showed interest. But he said to himself, “Can the ice cream Mr.Dino be trusted. I heard ice cream can cause stomachache.”
He asked his mother.
“Well, as long as you have strong teeth and can handle the ice, you will be okay,” said the wise mother.
“Okay, mom,” said the T-Rex.
“I will follow your advice.”
He then bought an ice cream cone from ice cream Mr.Dino.
After one taste, Rex felt a sharp, icy taste on his tongue. His tongue felt like it is melting down to dust.
“What happened to my tongue, Mom? After I tasted the ice cream, my tongue hurts!” cried T-Rex.
“Ice cream was supposed to be good for you. But you ate too much of the ice cream. Throw it away otherwise, you will get stomachaches!” exclaimed the mother.
“How long did you left eating the ice cream?” asked the mother.
“Six minutes,” exclaimed the dino.
“Don’t eat more of the food if it turns over 5 minutes, okay, son?” smiled the mother.
“Yes, mother,” T-Rex smiled back.
“Is that the answer to the quiz, Mom?” asked T-Rex.
“I think so, son!”
T-Rex won the quiz.
The next day his teacher came and asked T-Rex how he came out with the answer.
He replied, “Simple. Because if the food hasn’t reached 5 minutes on the floor, it is clean and free from bacteria.”
His teacher asked him again.
“What if there are dog hairs on the floor? You’ve got a dog at home right?”
T-Rex started doubting. “True,” the dino murmured as he stared at the sun.
“Does this mean I lost the quiz, teacher?” asked the T-Rex.
“You have not come up with a reasonable answer. So the answer is No,” said the stern teacher.
T-Rex went home. His mother is with T-Rex’s baby sister knitting together. When T-Rex saw that his mother is busy, he went to the computer to search for some answers online. But he couldn’t come up with the answer.
He thought to himself.
“Five minutes… What’s up with that number? And how long does a dinosaur live… That is another question,” he murmured to himself.
He browsed online again and found that a dinosaur lived a very long time and that means that something bad was going to happen. The very next day, T-Rex went to the teacher again.
“Teacher,” he said.
“I’ve been browsing online that dinosaurs live a very long time. So is there going to be a lack of food going on that we dinosaurs should be careful about?” he asked her again.
“You mean scarce of food?” the teacher asked T-Rex.
“Maybe. Maybe yes. Maybe no. Interestingly, yesterday I found out that there is an earthquake up north and some dinos got hurt and the trees that the brachiosaurus liked to eat the whole day fell off.
“Earthquake. Something bad. That provides a clue right?”
“A new era without something?” the T-Rex replied to the teacher.
“Maybe. You are a clever dinosaur, T-Rex!” exclaimed the teacher.
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