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She skipped down the road, impatiently tugging on her mother's hand. "Faster! Faster! We have to get to the park!"
"What are we going to do at the park today?"
"We're going to have a picnic with the dragons. We might go to the stream. And...and...and...and... maybe just let's go!"
They sat together at a picnic table. While mom sat, she jumped up and collected leaves and nuts and started arranging them into a picture on the bench.
"This is a butterfly. And then, a sun! He is yellow yellow yellow and he is smiling."
"Uh-oh. Mom. There is a bad dragon. We are going to have to run. No I mean it! Run!!"And off they ran. Glancing backwards to be sure they were staying ahead.
"He's too fast and there is a bad witch, Mom. We are going to have to fight. Use your powers! Wait! I have your sword. Here!!"
Carefully unsheathing the sword, Mom swung at the sky! She yelled, "It is no good! I have an idea! I will use my power to freeze him and then you can get him with your sword! Help me!"
Hands outstretched, magical power streamed out from both of them. It sounded like a gushing river. "SHHHHHHHHH!"
She ran toward him. Their powers were not enough, even combined. The witch was using some kind of a protective spell. But she was worn enough to turn and flee with the dragon. Off they flew, fear roused and compelling.
"Phew. Now we have to find the good dragons. Maybe the fairies know where they are. I know where the fairies are. They are at home. Over here! This is where they live. Can you see them? It is hard because they are playing hide and seek. They love hide and seek and tag just like I love hide and seek and tag. But they are there. You can't talk to them though. Only me."
Obediently, mom stays a few steps back while she learns where the dragons can be found. Momentarily, she returns confident in her informants.
"They say we can find them by the water."
The pair approach the creek, alert to signs of danger. Seeing none, she throws a few magic balls as calling cards into the water and then waits on the bank.
"I think we are going to have to go on an adventure."
"Aha! I knew it! Another bad dragon! He is so big! I am going to use my powers to make him smaller and smaller and smaller."
SHHHHHHHHHH!
"I think you need more magic! Hold up your magic!"
The dragon shrank down to the size of a small barn-swallow, which gave her an idea.
"Let's put him in a nest. Then a mommy can come and teach him so when he gets big again he won't be so bad."
She gently lifted the tiny foul creature and placed him in a bird's nest.
"They'll come now."
Sure enough, three dragons came flying toward us, just above the creek. One was carrying a baby dragon. She lead them to our picnic area.
"C'mon! C'mon! Let's go guys! I have a tea party basket!"
We sat on the soft grass and shared pizza and drumsticks and the best cheese you can imagine. She poured tea for everyone except the baby. She fed him a bottle of milk and a cookie.
A tiny kitten came and tried to drink the baby dragon's milk. The baby dragon got mad and tried to burn up the kitty, but he couldn't. Baby dragons can only do smoke. His mommy had to tell him not to scare kitties.
She poured a small dish of milk for the kitten and told her mother that the kitten did not have a mommy. Could she please take it home? Seeing as the dragon would not stay a baby forever, and not trusting him to learn to control his temper before he could control his fire, she agreed.
They said goodbye to their dear friends the dragons, and set off for home carrying a small but well fed baby kitten.
And they even made it home on time to meet her big sister's bus.
Sparkles and mud. That's how we roll.
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