How Rexy Got His Back-Hand Back!

Vibhuraj Kasliwal

Vibhuraj Kasliwal

Age 0-9 category | Fall into Fiction Contest 2025 | San José Public Library
Once upon a time, there was a T-rex named Rexy. He was 10 years old and lived in San Draganisco (San Francisco but filled with Dragons and Dinosaurs). Rexy's favorite sport was pickleball but he had a problem. He loved to play but no one wanted to play with him! The kid dinos and dragons thought he was too scary,because he had the biggest teeth in the dino and dragon world. In reality he was actually pretty kind and friendly. Unfortunately his lack of friends made him very lonely. 
No matter how hard Rexy tried, no one wanted to play with him. Rexy thought he would be alone forever. One Friday afternoon when he was at his school-Ankylosaurus School-playing pickleball, he started being laughed at by Scort and Leafton. Scort and Leafton had been laughing at him since the first day of school because he had a weak back-hand. This was true! But his back-hand was only weak because he never had any friends to practice against! Somehow, Scort and Leafton just could not realize that by refusing to practice pickleball with Rexy, and only making fun of him, they were all but guaranteeing that Rexy's back-hand would never improve. 
As he prepared to serve against the practice wall, he saw a new dragon walk onto the court! Rexy  walked over and noticed that the new dragon was preparing to practice his back-hand! Hesitantly, Rexy asked "What's your name?" The new dragon replied, "My name is Charizard, but everyone at my old school called me Char. What's yours?" Excitedly Rexy replied, "My name is Rexy! Do you want to be my friend?'' "Sure!" exclaimed Charizard. And that's how a great friendship started-Rexy was never lonely ever again. 
 
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