Sally and Jed went to the museum of natural history. Jed loved learning about dinosaurs and Sally loved learning about Indians. Sally kept a coin with Sacajawea on the face. Sally always wondered what it would be like to stay after hours so she stalled at closing time in the bathroom.

Jed said,”Sally it’s closing time, we need to go!”

“Come here let’s hide under this table, maybe we’ll be here after hours,” said Sally.

“You’re crazy but okay!” said Jed.

They watched feet go by as the closing guard cleared people out of the museum and locked the doors. The guard lifted the table cloth.

“Hey kids, time to go!” said the guard.

Sally and Jed came out and left the museum. “That was so close said Sally.”

“You’re crazy! It would have been fun though!” said Jed.

“Maybe another time,”said Sally. They walked to the train then Sally looked at her watch and began running to catch the train in time.

Jed said,” I had fun today tomorrow is Sunday what are you doing tomorrow?”

“I need to clean my room and finish my homework. Then I’m free for the afternoon,” said Sally. “What are your plans?”

“You wanna go back to the museum?” said Jed “remember I have season tickets.”

“Sure,” said Sally jumping up and down.” I’ll meet you at the train station at one o’clock.”

“See you tomorrow,” said Jed.

The next day, Sally waited at the train station and Jed didn’t come. Sally paced back and forth then her phone rang.

“Sally, this is Jed I fell off my skate board. I’m at the emergency room for a concussion.”

“Oh no what can I do for you? Would you like me to come over?” said Sally.

“No my uncle is with me and I need to go home and rest. Sorry about our plans,” said Jed.

“That’s okay we’ll go another day. Thanks for calling,” said Sally.

On Sally’s birthday two months later, Jed surprised Sally with a trip to the museum with a night tour included.

At closing time the guard that caught them hiding last time locked up the museum. He told Sally and Jed to wait in his office.

After thirty minutes, Sally said, “Let’s go explore!”

“Shhh we’re going to get caught, we’re supposed to wait on the guard,” said Jed.

“Not if we sneak and be quiet,” said Sally as

they tiptoed around corners until they were sure the guard wouldn’t catch them. They got near the dinosaur room and a pterodactyl flew overhead.

“Wow! Did you see that?” said Sally.

“That was cool! Let’s keep exploring,” said Jed.

The guard caught up to them. “Hey, why didn’t you wait in the office like I asked? I want to show you around and keep you safe.”

“We didn’t know how fun the tour would be since we got in trouble for trying to sneak after hours the other time,” said Sally.

“You have tickets to stay after hours this time. Stick with me.” said the guard.

“Sally let’s listen he seems cool,” said Jed.

“Sure, I’ll behave,” said Sally.

“So….I have a question,” said Jed with his hand raised. “Does everything come to life at night?”

“Yes, it’s so cool. I’d like to talk the curator into staying after hours, but she’s old school,” said the guard.

“We’ll keep your secret,” said Sally and Jed at the same time.

They continued to explore and went to the dinosaur exhibit. The T-Rex walked around the perimeter with the stegosaurus following behind.

Jed said, “Can I feed them some lettuce?”

“Sure I’ll go to the kitchen to get some out of the fridge,” said the guard.

Meanwhile, Sally walked next door to the bird exhibit. She also loved birds. The birds flew around that exhibit since the screen doors that they put up at night were closed.

Then Sally watched Jed feed the dinosaurs. Next they went to Sally’s favorite, the Indians. The statue of Sacajawea stood talking to her friends around a campfire.

Sally approached Sacajawea to learn about her life. They talked for thirty minutes and at the end Sally gave her the coin with Sacajawea’s face on it. Sacajawea said, “Thank you, I’ll put it in my pocket, so I don’t lose it.”

“Your welcome,” said Sally.

They stayed at the museum until nine o’clock leaving time to catch the last train home. “Thank you.That was the best gift ever!” said Sally.