¹     The children followed Dr. Dinosaur down a long hall. He stopped at a corner.
 
²     "Children," he said, "get ready to see Triceratops horridus."
 
³     "What's a , a, a, - one of those things?" Jaime asked.
 
⁴     "A Triceratops (Try SER uh tops) is a dinosaur," Dr. Dinosaur said. "A horrid dinosaur."
 
⁵     "What does horrid mean?" Terry asked.
 
⁶     "It means very, very bad," Dr. Dinosaur said.
 
⁷     "Was it a very, very bad dinosaur?" Laine wanted to know.
 
⁸     "No," Dr. Dinosaur laughed. "It is called horrid because it had three horns on its face!"
 
⁹     "I bet it was ugly," Merry said.
 
¹⁰     "See for yourself," Dr. Dinosaur told them.
 
¹¹     Dr. Dinosaur went around the corner. The children followed him. A huge dinosaur skeleton was right in the middle of the room!

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