The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-09
Oaeer Extnct Animals

IN shape they seemed rather familiar 70
Percy, for they were somewhat ike Lz-
ards. He knew that he had seen pictures
OF such animals, but he could not remeu-
Der where. All Of them seemed 20 be en-
tirely uuafraid Of him or his company ard
even came near and gazed ar them curl
ously. They were all small being 10
larger than puppy dogs, yet some Of them
were so hideOus and friEhlfUl il shape
that they filed Percy with awe.
L wonder what they aTe:' he said 20
Alice. They seem TO me 20 be familiar
but can't place them at ALL
One Of the strange animals crept close
up to him and spoke. il said:
we are the extinct animals that IN the
CarboniferOus Era roamed all the earth.
and were the bosses of all the beasts. SOW
we are shrInken 20 almost nothing J--
once I, for instance. was more than
hundred feet in length. l could pull the
biggest trees up ny the roots and I ate
whole forest in a week. / was called the
dinotheTiJm'
'Ahi" said Percy: now 7 remember
you. I saw your picture in the di-ti5l'
ary."
over yonder is the pleIosagr-s" con-
tinued the dinOtherium That one with
the head and neck like a snakes tre-s
I'm the mud. He was seveuty-UiLe feet
long. Do you see the ichthv0slIrus r5a.
hLm2 His mouth alone was ten feet VICE
Oh. he was a beauty. and there i- t-4I
Sigilaria tree sits all that's left OF me
pteTOdaCtyl or bird-lke lizard. who c9l-i
fly a thousand miles without firing. bus
who is no larger now than q mouse h5
was as bis as an OK once. and the titan
Gel =sarHr-
bigger than the very largest elephant see
the three horns on his n0se2 He used 20
tear zap trees with them Now be Only
roots up grass. Same way with the rEsm-
phOrynChUs and the Uegarherlum- ---y
are only dwarfz"
Dear me-" said Percy. "T wish al g9l
extinct animals had decent short names.
ike the animals now-or most ~ them
can r~-cmbeT the yak. the eu1. the e.@.
the zsbg. and the Gland. even H.111l1-a-
mus Is easy, but all your names axe SUCH
jsw-breabers
81 believe that is the reason vs became
extinct said the diu0lleriEu. E.z-s
away a tear. "Peo0ie could NOT c1. 1= 1i
name. and we went out Of style Esre We
are hidden away iH midland. and 500 are
the first persons we have seen I a ui.--''
years"
Just then there was a E-s7t or.arF. ana
Percy saw a Tremendous man s.E--.--
ward them. All the animals from I-- ---
fed back 70 the vessel. and tie -A-..-'
ones dove into the mud
The man was myself. for --.-L --
after Percy and his sister T75-Es- p
went Up into the garnet. and. ."l--- -
package OF powder disturbed. J C-l-.--=-
that the children had tasted i-, ana ..-
become too small t1 be visible .---
started QUE IN search OF them but Ia.--l
think tlal-I would have found them. ---
J could not hear Percy calling o. me ---- s
the muddy fats I was walking z.-.z--
course, I never thought they 1't- 20
there I stopped Co look for lTs -
and my stopping saved them. ~
climbed up my tr0use- .s-. ana "-.7-
Egt I'D to ny coat collar called I'd Pc
Then ] saw him. U-rlg mite. about -7 --.'
as Q mouse,
gave him some OF Doctor Irrz-z7 p
iarging Fluid. and put him down OIL ~. -.
ground beside Alice. 90 whom ne =-'-
same dose. Soon / had the great ---,.
Of seeing them growing larger ana - ..--,,
Iy they were OF a natural size. W-5- - -.
told me about the ark and -ts load Oh 60
mgis.
OF course. / couldn't leave that. az j IN /.
very fond of animals. so We ca7l.- e.. p.
home. and now. DAY after day, EN-
the foibest times in the Wor-a W. -
diminutivs menagerie, all the -.--- me- ~
which can walk around, with pen 800
room to spare, on the diuiug room -- ---
After all, as e came out r-ghl B e-- ~
sorry that Percy did taste the 20" l-- .--vg.
i take care 10 keep 10 On my steel So ~ (.
SO that no other children can ever -. ~
WALT McDOLGAL-~