The Stegosaurs And The Maths Competition

Once in a green beautiful forest there was Stegosaurus with sharp spikes on his back and nerdy glasses. His name was Rooney. He was the smartest dinosaur in the forest. You might think that everybody hates him but they don’t. They actually like him because he is the smartest.

One day Rooney signed up for a completion called The World Championship of Maths. When the day came he got ready. “I am going to win”, sang the Stegosaurus.

He won all of his matches. Until he was in the final. “Last question!” said the emperor. “128+128”. Suddenly the other competitor said,”256”. “You’re right”, replied the emperor. Rooney was heartbroken. It was his first time losing. The rest of the dinosaurs were teasing him about how he lost.

After a few months later the other competitor wrote a letter to Rooney and said “Rematch yes /no?” Rooney thought about it. When the time came he marked yes. It was going to be on June the 25th of 2015. He trained and trained.

Six months later the day came. When he finished getting dressed he started to practice. He was nervous. When he got to Eden Park the crowd was going wild. The other competitor was a T-Rex. He had green skin, terrifying claws and two shiny glasses. If the T-Rex lost he might be tempted to gobble up the Stegosaurus. But luckily he was a nice T-Rex.

The two competitors started the game.  The emperor started to play the game. ”Buzz” ten questions done. But then it was a tie. “What is 256+256”, shouted the emperor. “I know this one”, said Rooney. “312”, said Rooney. “You're right”, said the emperor.

So Rooney won the championship of maths. The other competitor was depressed. But when Rooney won the championship he was very delighted.