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Dragon’s Tail.

Once upon a time, long, long, ago there lived a Dragon. The Dragon was young and rather silly. I have a tail but of what use is a tail to me? With my wings I can fly. With my legs I can run and walk. But a tail is so obviously useless. Why do I have this long thing dragging behind me? It slows me down and is more weight to carry when I fly.

One day a powerful Wizard came by and heard the Dragon lamenting over his tail. Listening to his moaning for a few minutes the Wizard made the Dragon this proposal. “If you give me your old scaly skin that I need for my magic spells I will cut off your tail and you will not have to carry it wherever you go.” The Dragon thought for a few minutes and agreed. Shedding his old skin with its many scales he gave it to the Wizard.

The Wizard kept his part of the bargain and cut off the Dragon’s tail. There was no blood the tail had been cut off with one wave of the Wizards magic wand. It was a strange feeling for the Dragon not to have a tail. First when he tried to fly he could not steer, his tail was the steering part of his body. When he walked or ran his tailless body fell from side to side. All in all he was in a very sorry state. He could not fly properly or even walk or run. What should he do? He could not grow a new tail and there was no one to help him.

The Dragon now lamented even more loudly complaining that he had no tail. A Fairy heard his loud cries and went to the Fairy Queen Feeana and told her about the poor Dragon that was so unhappy about not having a tail. Her Majesty looked in her magic mirror and saw all that had happened, the dragons lament about his tail, of the Wizard that wanted the scaly skin of the Dragon. The Queen thought about it for a while and then decided that the Dragon had been so silly to have his tail cut off by the Wizard that he should remain like it for a whole month. It might teach him a lesson.

Her Majesty kept an eye on the Dragon and after one whole month she went to see him. “I will give you a new tail if you can convince me that you need one.” said her Majesty. “Your Majesty I cannot walk or run like I used to be able to do, I cannot fly and I am having difficulty reaching for food in the branches of the high trees. I was so silly in getting the Wizard to cut off my tail and I would give anything to have my tail again.”

Her Majesty thought for a moment or two and said,” you shall have a new tail, on one condition. When I have given you your tail I will send you to another planet where all creatures that have been badly treated on this earth now live. There you will live in peace with many more of your kind and you will in future never again complain about your tail.” The Dragon on hearing Her Majesty’s words was very happy and promised that he would never more complain about his body.”

Her Majesty took out her magic wand and waved it. The Dragon was covered for a few seconds in a bright blue light. When the light was gone there stood the dragon with his new tail. He was delighted and thanked Her Majesty then with a leap he flew high into the air. Landing in a graceful dive he thanked Her Majesty again. Now he felt like a real Dragon again and was very happy.

True to her word, Her Majesty then sent the Dragon to another planet where it lived a long, long life and never once did it complain about its tail. In the country where it now lives there are no such things as Wizards that want the magic scales of the dragon’s scaly skin. So no other Dragons lament over a tail that is very necessary for Dragons.