So in time Mother learned to perceive me through the mirror. Even to smile at me. (Not eye-to-eye! Never.)

He knew he'd be vacuuming up grains of kinetic sand for weeks, and Mocha and Java would both manage to get it stuck in their fur. But he'd just bought himself the quiet he needed to make his call.

1995, John W. Roberts, From Hucklebuck to Hip Hop: Social Dance in the African-American Community →ISBN

Some of the most spectacular beasts in East Coast museums happen to be Tyrannosaurus rexes from Montana.