4. T-Rex At Swan Lake
To take a break from the serious, let's explore the absurd. I frequent libraries, but every few months, I will go with my roommate to a library and we will raid the picture books. We'll read one or two favorites--this is how she found out that I cry at the end of
The Polar Express--but most of the time, we will find stacks of books that we have never heard of before.
T-Rex at Swan Lake is something I found on our first excursion. I am a ballet nut and
Swan Lake is my favorite, so when I saw the title, I had to read it out of very sick curiosity. Our story opens with a museum piece--obviously the titular T-Rex--overhearing two enthusiastic tourists talking about an upcoming trip to the ballet. He longs to go see what they are talking about. When he gets there, he can't resist taking part. Finding a tutu big enough for a T-Rex is just one of the problems with this plan. This would make an excellent animated feature and I would love to see the story fleshed out to include a little more backstory for the skeleton or if he ever lets the women know that they were responsible for his debut as a dancer. If nothing else, I believe that I would laugh myself sick at the ballet part.