diff --git a/2004/newbern/README.md b/2004/newbern/README.md
index 29ef3ce86..db55cc571 100644
--- a/2004/newbern/README.md
+++ b/2004/newbern/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ make
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./newbern newbern.dat "IOCCC 2004"
-echo SOS | ./newbern
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/2004/newbern/try.sh b/2004/newbern/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fa2265691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2004/newbern/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2004/newbern
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./newbern newbern.dat \"IOCCC 2004\" (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./newbern newbern.dat "IOCCC 2004" | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo SOS | ./newbern: "
+echo 1>&2
+echo SOS | ./newbern
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./newbern newbern.dat IOCCC x (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./newbern newbern.dat IOCCC x | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 072dc5554..ce0dd2b57 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -3063,6 +3063,10 @@ get it to work, that being `kopczynski-10-rev`.
 
 [Cody](#cody) and Landon individually fixed this to work with clang.
 
+Cody also added the [try.sh](/2004/newbern/try.sh) script (with a hidden feature
+that the author referred to and was documented by [Yusuke](#yusuke) though Cody
+chose the word `IOCCC` instead of `AAA`).
+
 
 ## <a name="2004_schnitzi"></a>[2004/schnitzi](/2004/schnitzi/schnitzi.c) ([README.md](/2004/schnitzi/README.md]))