Snap, Crackle, Pop

Andrea and her father worked hard on the project for the science fair. Her father, especially, got drown in the project. For the first time in Andrea's wee life, her father came back early, every single day, do work side by side with her on the project.

He made her actively participate in it and study all the background information and by the second month they were working together on it, she was also drown into the wonderful world of the reptiles.

Her mother was delighted about the quality time they spent together and smiled lovingly, whenever they would get to the dinner table, their cheeks rosy and their eyes bright and wide with excitement, talking about the latest development on the project.

At the day of the science fair, Andrea's dad took the day off and they both went together to school, excited and giggly, like two kindergarten children on their first day of school. Her father carried the project in a padded suitcase they had made together.

Andrea was explaining the details of the project and her father was filled with pride. She stood confidently in front of the class and gave a lecture that wouldn't put his fellow professors at MIT to shame.

Then she turned on the switch and waited. At first nothing happened and she nervously looked at her father for an extra boost of confidence. After a few minutes, the class began to lose its patience. Andrea, consoled by her father's gentle eyes, said: "these processes take time. You all need to be patient" and just as she finished her last word, all of a sudden there was a peculiar sound coming from the project. Snap, crackle, pop and the starch white egg she had brought to the class opened.

The entire class stood, with their mouths opened and their eyes squinting in disbelief, a tiny little dinosaur jumped out of the egg.


--Time is up--