T-Rex: Sherlock Holmes, who had been transformed into a dog for reasons that I'd rather not explore at this juncture so please just accept this has happened and we'll all move forward, whined gently. This was his greatest case yet!

T-Rex: The Case of How Sherlock Holmes Got Transformed Into A Dog!

T-Rex: Sherlock was sniffing around (figuratively, dogs can smell well but it wasn't helping Sherlock in this instance) for clues when Watson (also a dog, also not necessary to get into this now so it would help if you just accepted it) walked up. "I found a clue over here!" said Watson (you must also assume that dogs communicate through barks for this story to work, I know it doesn't super make sense but we'll get there I promise).

Utahraptor: You're asking a lot of your readers, T-Rex!
T-Rex: I know!

Utahraptor: It's just - I can't think of other great works of literature that straight-up ASK their readers to stay with them. It's not like Moby-Dick opens with "the white whale is a metaphor but it's also a literal giant whale, please accept this and I PROMISE I'll make it up to you", you know?

Narrator: T-REX SPENT THE REST OF HIS DAYS HAUNTED BY THAT OBJECTIVELY IMPROVED OPENING LINE TO MOBY-DICK.
T-Rex: My high school book report would've been
T-Rex: SO
T-Rex: EASY