By 5th Grade Students at Regnart Elementary
February 2016
The dragon guarded her cave. Bob, the dragon, watched. He had heard that there was a dragon guarding this cave but he had never seen her before. He didn’t even know her name!
But, he had been told by very reliable sources that this horrible, ugly dragon had imprisoned his wife. He was determined to save his wife and wreak his revenge.
This dragon was as big as the Eiffel Tower—at least 100 pounds heavier than Bob. Unlike Bob, who was a very shiny black, this ugly, horrible dragon was a boring cream color. The dragon sported four fangs, each of which were seven feet long. While Bob’s face was covered with beautiful acne, this female had ugly clear skin.The tip of her tail was covered in monstrous spikes. They were half the size of the Eiffel Tower. Bob did not have spikes.
As with Bob, the dragon’s skin was covered in scales, but her scales looked both smooth and slimy whereas Bob’s were just smooth. She had fur all over her tail, which looked very coarse. Bob had never seen fur on a dragon before.
This female dragon stank like rotten eggs. Nasty. Bob had a delightful floral scent, which was perfectly lovely. He thought that being stinky fit this ugly, horrible dragon.
Suddenly, the dragon sneezed, likely because of all the dust from the cave. Her sneeze was both loud and forceful. It blew down seven hundred trees.
Pshaw! thought Bob. That was hardly a sneeze at all for such a large dragon. He could have blown down seven thousand with one of his extraordinary sneezes.
It was very windy, and the wind whooshed loudly. With the dragon’s sneezes it was hard to hear anything else.
As he watched, Bob took another bite out of his favorite sandwich. It was a combination of sardines, sweaty football player armpit hair and maple syrup. Yummmmmmyyyyyy! It tasted just like caramel. Best sandwich EVER.
Bob had waited impatiently for midnight to come. Now he needed that wild wind to push a cloud over the new moon. Suddenly, everything came together and it was pitch dark. With his very black skin, he melted into the landscape. He could not be seen.
He snuck right past that creamy, ugly lady and into the cave. The cave was pitch-black too. He looked around for his wife. He didn’t see her, but what he saw made him gasp. All of his children were chained in the cave.
Whattt???? All twenty of his children were here? But they were supposed to be safe at home? With their grandpa! What the heck? What was going on? This was beyond terrible. What a monster that female dragon was.
My poor babies, he thought.
He rushed around the cave melting the chains that bound his babies. After he was done, he ordered them to fly to the ceiling and hang on like bats. Meanwhile, he would find their mom.
He saw a narrow doorway and squeezed through, but when he was inside the next room, he did not see his wife. He was disappointed. He really thought she would be there.
Then he gave a screech of delight. In the middle of the room was his second favorite sandwich. He would recognize it anywhere, both from sight and from smell. It was a sandwich of computer wire, marshmallows, caramel and homework. Yummmy!!!!! Really bitter, but with a sweetness too. The computer wire was the reason for the lovely bitter taste.
Still, he wasn’t foolish enough to eat that sandwich. What if it was a trap? He ignored it, despite the absolutely fabulous smell. Instead he stepped forward.
AHHHHHHHH! There was a trap!
He fell. Into a dark pit.
He managed to stop himself from falling hard by batting his wings. As he landed he looked up and much to his dismay saw two doors slide shut over the pit. He was caught!
He took a deep breath and blew. Fire spewed at the door. Finally, the door exploded! He vroomed out of the pit.
The first thing he saw when he was back in the room was that horrible, ugly dragon.
ROARRRRRR! He could not contain his fury.
He leaped at her and they wrestled. But the female was wily. She got out of his clutches and ran out of the room.
He followed. “You can run, but you can’t hide!” he bellowed.
He saw her run into yet another room in the cave. He followed her again. In the next, he immediately saw his wife. But by the time he got there, the evil villainous had wrapped battery chargers around his wife and was holding the ends.
“Don’t take a step forward, or else….” the evil dragon said.
Bob froze, petrified, his front legs up. Then he decided to take action. He breathed fire at the chargers, hoping to destroy them before the evil dragon could use them on his wife.
It worked! They melted.
But his wife was no match for the bad dragon. She was much smaller.
He had to do something to save her. He decided to use his special power.
He thought to himself, “Grow! Grow now!” He breathed flame. Suddenly, he grew so much that he towered over the cream monster.
Ha-ha!
He could tell that the ugly, horrible dragon was scared now!
All of a sudden, the ugly, horrible dragon grew and grew so that she towered over Bob!
Oh NO!!! What would they do now?
The “Cliffhanger” End.
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