This past summer, I worked at Camp Rockmont teaching Waterskiing. And my buddy Alex and I noticed every person who is first learning how to water ski (or any water sport) will unconsciously do one thing that makes them fall 100% of the time all the time. To teach the kids at camp about this catastrophic event Alex and I made made up a fun story on the water and continued using it daily. It goes as follows:
When asking the kids on the boat, "do you know why T-Rex's are extinct?" they will always respond by saying something like " YEAH! A giant meteor shower killed them!" Or, "A massive volcanos across the world erupted melting them all!" They are always the very obvious answer one would expect when asking such a question. But, because Alex and I know the real story we knew we knew we would have to correct them every time. We would respond,
"Yes that is how all the other Dinosaurs died, but not the T-Rex's. You see, one day before the meteor shower or volcano erupted all the T-Rex's got together for their annual summer, T-Rex exclusive, party. On this year they all met up at the world's largest lake called Lake James... Yeah I don't know if it is the same Lake James as we are on, but it I do know it had the same name. Its pretty crazy. So, the T-Rex's were all across the sure of the lake. Some were in the shallow part cooling off, they couldn't go very far because, as science has told us, they could not swim, their arms were too short and bent to do so. All of them were having a fantastic time catching up on what they inferior dinosaurs they had eaten in the past year as well as the mountains the have climbed up and trees they'd run over for pure enjoyment - after all they were at the top of the food chain being the biggest, strongest, carnivore dinosaur of them all. When suddenly, a few of them saw something very strange happen on the water... On top of what seemed to be two knocked down trees stood a Triceratops on two feet and above the water!
The T-Rex's who saw this all became dumbstruck! 'What in the world is happening?' they asked themselves, although none would say it out loud - for they did not want any of the other T-Rex's to assume that they were confused (T-Rex's very egocentric and always wanted make it look like they knew everything). Looking more, they saw the Triceratops was holding onto a log connected by a vine which was stretched tight. On the other side it was attached to another log which was in the grasp of a Quetzalcoatlus who was flying above the water. Yes, the Triceratops were doing what we now call waterskiing. More and More of the T-Rexas began to notice the event taking place in the middle of the lake. They also noticed multiple Triceratops and Quetzalcoatlus all partaking in this, what appeared to be a, sport (which it was). The Triceratops would start in the water with the tree trunks under his feet and would be pulled up by the Quetzalcoatlus flying above. The sport seemed like it would be very fun to do so without hesitating one of the T-Rexes shouted to the Triceratops to bring them the log and vine for it was there turn. The Triceratops obeyed and gave up there logged handles to the T-Rex (after all, you could not say no to the king of the dinosaurs). The Triceratops and Quetzalcoatlus did however offer to explain to the T-Rex how to ride on the skis for it was not an easy thing to do, but being as stubborn as all T-Rex's are he exclaimed, 'I watched you do it, its easy you hold this rope and pull yourself up above the water as the Quetzalcoatlus flies keeping you up.' Not wanting to argue with the T-Rex the Triceratops let the T-Rex do what he thought was the case. The T-Rex put on the tree trunk skis (the bindings were made with vines, I forgot to say that earlier) and worked its way out as far into the water as he could go until only his tail was touching the lake's bottom. The T-Rex shouted at the Quetzalcoatlus to start flying and the Quetzalcoatlus obeyed. As the Quetzalcoatlus began to fly forward, the T-Rex held on tight, but as he held onto the rope he immediately realized his legs that were attached to the trunks went in fornt of him and his back smacked the water. Shocked, the T-Rex let go of the rope. Unfortunately, for him the water was just deep enough where he had fallen where could not stay above it. He sank to the bottom never to be seen again.
The other T-Rexes looked at what had happened with astonishment. 'How could a T-Rex not accomplish this easy task?' they asked themselves individually, 'surely I could do this no problem!' Another T-Rex made his was out into the water, grabbed hold of the log and had the same fate. The Triceratops who had given up his log looked over to the T-Rexs who were now beginning to line up to have a go, and noticed when they walked their arms were bent. He then looked to the third T-Rex in the water and saw his arms were bent as he held the handle. 'Straighten your arms!' the Triceratops shouted, but it was too late. The T-Rex's in line heard the Triceratops shout this and all individually asked themselves, 'what does that mean?' but did not dare ask the question out loud. One by one, every T-Rex proved to be more stubborn than the other thinking, 'I can do this! That T-Rex must not have been a true T-Rex, but I am and I know I can get up on those logs!' One by one, every T-Rex tried to get up on the tree trunks. And that is how the T-Rex's died.
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