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“Big Brother Eli and the Littlest Fan”

Starring Eli, age 4 — loves green, bananas, and "Rex" the toy dinosaur

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The refrain your child will ask to say along: "Love doesn't split," said Papa. "It grows. Like a beanstalk. Like a dinosaur."
Eli watching grown-ups fuss over a crib, Rex the dinosaur clutched in his handPage 1
Eli's house was getting a baby. Everyone kept saying it like it was good news.
Eli hiding Rex and a banana under his pillow, looking suspiciousPage 2
"Babies take your room," Eli told Rex. "Babies take your bananas. Babies probably take your DINOSAURS."
Tiny baby Mina wailing in her blanket while Eli covers his earsPage 3
When baby Mina came home, she was smaller than Eli expected. Smaller than a watermelon. Louder than a fire truck.
Eli mid-jump with Rex, unnoticed behind a wall of cooing grown-upsPage 4
Everyone leaned over the baby. Nobody watched Eli's triple dinosaur jump. Not even once.
Eli sitting small in the hallway, Rex drooping in his handPage 5
Something squeezed in Eli's chest. "There isn't enough room here," he whispered. "Not for both of us."
Papa sitting down on the floor next to Eli, eye levelPage 6
Papa found him there. Papa always did. "Love doesn't split," said Papa. "It grows. Like a beanstalk. Like a dinosaur."
Papa making Rex leap, Eli fighting back a grinPage 7
"Dinosaurs are extinct," said Eli. "Not this one," said Papa, and made Rex do the triple jump. Eli almost didn't smile. Almost.
Exhausted parents with the wailing baby, everything in disarrayPage 8
That afternoon, baby Mina started to cry. Mama tried. Papa tried. Nothing worked.
Eli leaning over the crib, Rex raised, mid-tiny-roarPage 9
So Eli tried. He held up Rex and made his best, most gigantic, extremely tiny dinosaur roar. "Rawr."
Baby Mina wide-eyed and mid-giggle, reaching toward RexPage 10
Mina stopped. Mina stared. Mina made a sound nobody had heard before — a laugh, shaped exactly like a hiccup.
The whole family watching Eli perform, Mina delightedPage 11
"Do it again," whispered Mama. Eli did it again. Mina laughed again. EVERY time. ONLY for Eli.
Eli taking a bow while Mina waves her tiny fistsPage 12
"She's your biggest fan," said Papa. "Littlest," corrected Eli. "Littlest fan."
Montage: Eli performing for Mina, sharing banana halves, holding up Rex like a professorPage 13
It turned out there were things only a big brother could do. Dinosaur shows. Banana-half deliveries. Teaching the IMPORTANT stuff.
Eli's shadow on the wall shaped like a mighty dinosaur, Mina's tiny shadow beside itPage 14
Eli's chest didn't feel squeezed anymore. It felt bigger. Like a beanstalk. Like a dinosaur.
Eli asleep next to the crib, Rex standing guard between themPage 15
"When you're bigger," Eli told Mina, "I'll teach you the triple jump. It's a big-kid move. And I'm the big kid." THE END.

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