Patrick was helping his big brother, Hank, rake leaves.

"Where did they go?" asked Patrick.
"Who?" asked Hank.
"Dinosaurs, of course." Patrick never talked about anything else.
"Well some people think the world got too hot for dinosaurs," сказал(-а) Hank. "And some think it got too cold. Maybe an asteroid hit the earth and covered it with dust." He showered Patrick with a pile of leaves.
"That's not what I think," сказал(-а) Patrick.
"And what do Ты think?" asked his brother.

"I think that, once upon a time, Динозавры and people were friends," сказал(-а) Patrick.
"There weren't any people then," сказал(-а) Hank. "Cave men...

Patrick and his brother, Hank, went to the zoo on Saturday. They stood outside a tall fence and watched the elephants.
"I'll bet that слон is the biggest animal in the whole world," сказал(-а) Patrick.
"You think he's big," Hank said. "A brontosaurus was heavier than TEN elephants."

"Gosh!" сказал(-а) Patrick. If Hank сказал(-а) so, it must be true. Hank knew all about dinosaurs. He knew еще about everything because he was older and went to school already.
Patick squeezed his eyes half shut. What would a dinosaur that weighed as much as ten elephants look like? The brontosaurus he imagined turned and looked...