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Family Matters

Once, a long long time ago, there lived a happy family,

of good looking dinosaurs, with all daughters; they had three.

 

The dad went to his job all day, he always worked very hard,

to support his family the best he could, against all evil he did guard.

 

And so his daughters and his wife never wanted for anything at all,

he even built them a swimming pool, his own hands put up the walls.

 

His daughters knew that they got lucky by having such a dad,

who did so many great things for them, though just his presence made them glad.

 

On top of this, these three girls had a pretty awesome mom,

who stayed home with them when they were little, and helped them all day long.

 

She put band-aids on their bruised up knees and brushed away their tears,

and came when they had spooky dreams, to chase away their fears.

 

Then, when they grew up a bit, she followed her own dream,

and started teaching little dinosaurs all the things that they would need.

 

Soon enough, it was time for their oldest to leave the nest,

and find out where she should go to start her own life’s quest.

 

While they were sad to see her go, her family did not despair,

for it was not that far to her new “independent” lair.

 

All too soon, it was time for the next daughter to move away,

she chose a slightly farther place, where they could not see her every day.

 

This made her family pretty sad, they didn’t want her to go,

but they knew she had to try new things, and have her own space to grow.

 

And so the “baby” was left alone at home, though baby is not the right word,

because she had grown into a beautiful dinosaur, as if overnight she had matured.

 

It was weird for this youngest dinosaur, without her sisters there,

she had her parents to herself, along with the entire upstairs.

 

While some days this was pretty nice, it was a little bittersweet,

because she loved her sisters very much, and they had moved out of her reach.

 

However, distance makes the heart grow fonder, as the oldest soon found out,

she hadn’t thought she could love her family more, but she now did, without a doubt.

 

And though it made her sad that she did not see them every day,

they were always in her thoughts, never even slightly fading away.

 

So this oldest daughter was really not too sad,

when she thought of her family, it only made her glad.

 

Because what she had realized, with all this time apart,

is that you never leave your family, because they’re always in your heart.

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