![]() "This ambulance," the boy told his fellow kindergartners, "is a pre-historic ambulance that is millions and millions of years old." The boy proceeded to tell his classmates about the ancient cavemen who used to use that particular ambulance when they drove through the jungle taking sick dinosaurs to the hospital. Then, when he reached the front of the classroom, he did something amazing. How can you top an ancient, rare dinosaur tooth with a common, everyday "Hot-Wheels" car? As he walked to front of the classroom clutching the unimpressive toy in his hand, I can only imagine the panic he must have felt. ![]() This kid didn't have anything cool to show the classroom and he knew it. This was bad news for the next kid in line for show-and-tell that day. He even knew where the tooth had been dug up, and how much it was worth.Īt the end of his presentation, he passed the tooth around so that all the children could go home and tell their families that they had actually touched a genuine dinosaur tooth that day. He knew how old the tooth was, and what kind of dinosaur it had come from. The boy stood in front of the classroom told everyone all about the tooth. ![]() One day in a California kindergarten classroom, a little boy brought a REAL dinosaur tooth in for show and tell. "This book was partly inspired by a true story I once heard. ![]()
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