Ryan Joseph Michaels, age 8, from Phoenix, Arizona, ran up the steps of the Natural History Museum. The museum had been closed for renovations. Now it was reopening. Superman and Wonder Woman were going to cut the ribbon.

Ryan stopped dead in his tracks. Two huge stone lions were staring hungrily down at him. Just for a second, Ryan thought the lions were real!

“I wish Jimmy, Charlie and C.J. were here with me now,” Ryan said with a smile.