Days of Love with Tyrannosaurus Rex

"Yesterday early in the morning, a velociraptor wounded a person in Fresno. The victim was a local patrolman who was bitten off his left leg by a velociraptor that has not yet been registered during his patrol at night. At present Police have launched a manhunt for the velociraptor..."

Eli reclined in the wicker chair at the bar, with his legs raised leisurely, with a grass stalk in his mouth, and held up a somewhat strange egg with both hands against the setting sun coming in from the window.

He picked up this egg not long ago in the creek not far from the bar. When he picked it up, it was packed in something that looked like a protective device. The mud and water plants seeped in from the cracked place, making the egg into a paste. hit a black ball.It took him a little effort to take it out and wash it, and now it looked beautifully translucent in the sunset light, and the little guy inside the eggshell curled up quietly into a ball of pale shadow.

Eli stared at it for a moment, then whistled happily, deciding it was a dinosaur egg.Judging from the size of the egg, it is estimated to be some kind of medium-sized, docile and obedient herbivorous dinosaur. It is likely to be a pet dinosaur bought by a wealthy family, but it was lost on the way, and he picked up this cheap one.

He patted the eggshell affectionately, carefully carried the egg up to the attic on the second floor, put it by the small window of the attic, let the warm autumn sun outside shine on it, then stood by the window and lit it. A cigarette, briefly staring at this layer of inorganic compounds that contain life.For some reason, his mind was suddenly filled with the spectacle of the serene Buhad falling under an 8.0-magnitude earthquake.Even though it was just a picture I saw on TV half a year ago, it seemed like I saw it with my own eyes.

The TV downstairs is still playing news: "Since the 8.0-magnitude Buhad earthquake, according to the statistics of the Buhad Special Confidential Animal Reserve, more than 5000 dinosaurs have escaped from the safe area, including 1346 high-risk dinosaurs. And because of the lack of a suitable living environment and the lack of reproduction speed control, some experts conservatively estimate that at present, the 5000 escaped dinosaurs have passed the [-] mark through natural reproduction."

"This is already the 134th dinosaur wounding incident since the incident in the Buchard Reserve. This series of dangerous incidents has triggered widespread public panic and caused President Arnold's popular support to drop sharply. According to reliable sources from relevant departments, the government A large-scale joint killing operation has been planned, and it is estimated that 98% of the fleeing dinosaurs will be wiped out within this year..."

Eli snickered, stubbed out his cigarette, went downstairs to turn off the TV, turn on the music, and start a new day of business.

The name of his bar is "DINOSAUR", perhaps because the name fits the occasion, and there is also a good business in this remote town. In the past, before seven o'clock, the bar would be filled up one after another Guests, but today is a special case. Only his good friend James is sitting in the long bar, holding a bottle of wine and getting drunk.

"Humanity is doomed, hiccup... Hahaha, human beings are doomed, let the dinosaurs rule the earth! Eat those garbage..."

Eli said, "You're just broken in love."

"You, Eli, aren't you a fan of dinosaurs?" James held his head, with snot and tears streaming down his face, "And what evidence... Do you think dinosaurs are better than humans? They don't worship money, no Can cheat, can't lie, hiccup..."

"Advanced Dinosaur Trainer Certificate, I've quit a long time ago." Eli said, "Don't drink, you won't be able to pay for the wine if you drink again."

James swallowed the wine under the quilt, and cried even more sadly, lying on the bar counter, muttering: "Can't afford the drink? I have money! Why, even you look down on me... "

Eli removed his glass and poured him a cup of strong tea.It was ten o'clock in the evening, and it was already dark outside, and there were still no new guests.Eli wipes the last glass and prepares to close down.

A bearded man opened the door and walked into the bar.

Dressed in clothes that looked as if they had rolled out of mud, he held a long shotgun in his hand, and with blood on his cheek, he walked straight towards the bar, put two banknotes on the table, and his voice was very hoarse. Painful as sandpaper on skin: "Whiskey."

As he got closer, Eli could clearly smell the bad smell of sweat and mud on his body. James, who was drunk and stupefied, seemed to have noticed something, muttered softly, and then fell into a drowsy silence.

Eli didn't move, and said politely: "Sir, all lethal weapons are prohibited in the shop."

The corner of the man's mouth twitched slightly, and his right eye, which suffered from severe cataract, was fixed on Eli's face.After a brief stalemate for a few seconds, he suddenly laughed a little weirdly, turned around and walked to the door of the store, threw the shotgun aside, and then returned to the bar.

"Whiskey." He tapped the table.

Eli poured him a glass of whiskey with just the right amount of ice.The man gulped down the first glass like drinking water, then pulled out two bills again, raised his chin, and asked Eli to pour it again.

For the second cup, he slowed down and finally got a taste of taste. He sat down against the bar and stared at Eli's indifferent side face from the second cup to the fourth cup, and then used the saucer A voice with goosebumps said, "After last week's dinosaur incident, your business is not doing well."

Eli didn't answer, and gave him another drink.The man grinned, and the long scar on his forehead followed, he didn't seem to mind his attitude, and said: "In such a small town, there was a dinosaur wounding people, those people dare not even go out, who are you?" Will come to your 'dinosaur' bar for a drink."

Eli only twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, with a bit of sarcasm, and after he finished drinking the wine in the glass, he put the glass back into the bar and said, "Sir, I don't have information on dinosaurs here, you asked the wrong person I'm closing now, please come back."

The man narrowed his eyes, and then shot out suddenly and grabbed Eli's wrist. Eli flipped his hand very quickly to get rid of his control, clamped his knuckles with two fingers, and twisted forcefully towards the bar.With a scream, he withdrew his hand, with angry veins popping out of his forehead, and stared at Eli's itchy face.The latter just washed and dried the cup calmly, and took out the "close" sign.

"Please," Eli said.

The man stood up from the stool, put one hand on the bar, and said in a hoarse voice, "You're fine."

Eli watched him leave the bar, wiped the place where he sat, and let James, who was dead drunk on the bar, lie down on the bench, then closed the store door, and wrote on the door with a marker : "Dragon hunters are forbidden to enter".

After finishing writing, Eli saw police cars whizzing by in front of his shop with flashing lights. This quiet town surrounded by mountains and rivers frightened the lights one by one like a child who had been woken up.Eli stood at the door and watched for a while, vaguely seeing a huge car dragging something, slowly driving towards the entrance of the road.

Eli felt a little uncomfortable, lit a cigarette, remembered the egg on the second floor, turned around and strode towards the attic.

Beside the bed in the attic, the moonlight was like water, and his precious egg had been broken all over the floor, with wet viscous egg liquid still on the pieces.

Eli's heart stopped, and he crouched down to carefully pick up a piece of debris, then looked up and looked around.The attic was full of various sundries, covered by the moonlight with a faint white shadow, and the light and shade were uncertain.He didn't turn on the light, his heart was pounding, and he whistled softly towards the ambiguous dim place.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, there was no movement.

Slowly, a tiny guy carefully poked his head out from behind the blanket, tilted his head, and looked in Eli's direction curiously and vigilantly through the watery moonlight.

It looked so small, the moonlight illuminated its large head and small forelimbs, and the eyes that saw the world for the first time were illuminated clearly, reflecting Eli's silhouette in the moonlight.

"My God," Eli's breath became short of breath, his cheeks began to heat up involuntarily, he subconsciously squatted down, half-kneeled on the floor, and stretched out his hand toward it, "Look what I picked up What……"

The little guy stared at his palm, hesitantly took a step forward, and walked out of the range covered by the blanket.Eli lowered himself even lower, fixed his eyes on its direction, lowered his tone, and whispered: "Come, come here, my dear, let me see you..."

Its slender tail swung, its head tilted slightly, and it took a few steps forward, stopping at the fingertips.Eli knelt down on his knees, watching it gently. It tentatively rubbed its head against his fingertips, and then raised its head to observe him carefully for a few seconds. Then, as if it finally felt relieved, its long tail wrapped around him. The index finger leaned against his hand affectionately, and a series of very low and soft sounds came out of his throat.

For a moment, all kinds of memories swarmed up, and Eli gently stroked its cool head with the index finger of the other hand, his nose was sore, and he felt like crying.

"Good boy, good boy," Eli whispered, it was watching him, its bright eyes were almost filled with his silhouette, and he could even see his own features in it, "you will call Noah."

He slowed down and spelled out the word "Noah" letter by letter.The little guy tilted his head in doubt, then rubbed his palm, bit his finger with his teeth that were not sharp enough, smashed his mouth and began to slap his tail eagerly.

Eli smiled, put it in the soft blanket, turned and walked towards the kitchen.After a few steps, it hurriedly jumped up and followed him, and followed him into the kitchen without leaving his feet.

Eli cooked minced chicken for him, and added a little goat milk to make a soup. Noah happily cleaned up the food, slapped the ground with his tail happily while eating, and then quickly curled up and leaned on the Lying down on Eli's feet, he half-closed his eyes sleepily.

Eli picked it up, took it to his bedroom, and let him lie down on the soft bed.Noah stared at him dazedly, saw that he was about to go to the bathroom, and immediately jumped off the bed, still closely following his feet.

"Oh, weird little guy." Eli looked at it, "Could a Tyrannosaurus Rex be so clingy?"

As if afraid that he would go again, Noah curled up his ankles with his tail, then lay on his instep, and closed his eyes again.Eli had no choice but to carefully drag his heavy right foot, wash up briefly, and then picked up Noah and went to bed together.Noah quickly found a comfortable position beside him, and fell asleep leaning against him.

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