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A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton is the heartwarming tale of two dinosaurs who meet one day and see the beautiful qualities in one another. After the lovely dinosaur melts the fierce dinosaur's cage (and our hearts) they find what they love about each other make them both better dinosaurs. They then grow old together basking in the warm sun... and it is at this point that all your guests will be in floods of tears. The perfect short wedding reading? We think yes. So much so, that we've included free downloadable copies for you and your guests to enjoy!

A Lovely Love Story

by Edward Monkton

The fierce Dinosaur was trapped inside his cage of ice.
Although it was cold he was happy in there. It was, after all, his cage.

Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur.

The Lovely Other Dinosaur melted the Dinosaur’s cage with
kind words and loving thoughts.

“I like this Dinosaur,” thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
“Although he is fierce he is also tender and he is funny.
He is also quite clever though I will not tell him this for now.”

“I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur,” thought the Dinosaur.
“She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice.
She is also a free spirit which is a quality I much admire in a dinosaur.”

“But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times,” thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.  “He is also overly fond of things.  Are all Dinosaurs so overly fond of things?”

“But her mind skips from here to there so quickly,” thought the Dinosaur.  “She is also uncommonly keen on shopping.  Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping?”

“I will forgive his peculiarity and his concern for things,” thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur, “for they are part of what makes him a richly charactered individual.”

“I will forgive her skipping mind and her fondness for shopping,” thought the Dinosaur, “for she fills our life with beautiful thoughts and wonderful surprises. Besides, I am not unkeen on shopping either."

Now the Dinosaur and the Lovely Other Dinosaur are old.  Look at them.  Together they stand on the hill telling each other stories and feeling the warmth of the sun on their backs.

And that, my friends, is how it is with love.

Let us all be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs together.
For the sun is warm.  And the world is a beautiful place.

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So if the thought of growing old together basking in the sun then A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton could be for you. If you're ready to read more love stories, then we've got a whole collection of wedding readings for your civil ceremony that you'll love. Or, if you're wanting to give your guests a bit of a giggle, we've got some funny wedding readings that could be right up your street.

Helena Milsom

Written by Helena Milsom

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