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  • THE DRAGON LONGZE AND THE LOST DAUGHTER BERDIS (PART 2)

    THE DRAGON LONGZE AND THE LOST DAUGHTER BERDIS – PART 2 (ORIGINAL STORY BY BOST) Temuz’s feet was suddenly bolted to the ground and, with his arms fastened to either side of him like led weights, try as he might he could not move a single muscle, nor could he take a single step forward.…

  • MONKEY AND THE TIGER ARE IN DISPUTE REGARDING GRASS’ HUE

    MONKEY AND THE TIGER ARE IN DISPUTE REGARDING GRASS’ HUE (Revised by Bost) The Monkey sitting on the thick branch of an ancient tree, oblivious of the midday sun’s heat, told the Tiger resting in cool comfort of the shadows below, with sure tone: “The grass is blue.” The Tiger replied: “No, the grass is…

  • THE ISLAND OF THE NINE WHIRLPOOLS

    THE ISLAND OF THE NINE WHIRLPOOLS (The Book of Dragons -1901- by E. Nesbit) The dark arch that led to the witch’s cave was hung with a black-and-yellow fringe of live snakes. As the Queen went in, keeping carefully in the middle of the arch, all the snakes lifted their wicked, flat heads and stared…

  • LAST OF THE DRAGONS

    LAST OF THE DRAGONS (Public Domain Story) Of course you know that dragons were once as common as motor-omnibuses are now, and almost as dangerous. But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess…

  • DRAGONS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY

    DRAGONS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY DRAGONS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY The very first mention of a “dragon” in Ancient Greece is derived from the classic Iliad where Agamemnon is described as having a blue dragon motif on his sword belt and a three-headed dragon emblem on his breast plate. Keep in mind however, that the Greek word…

  • HEROIC PRINCE STEZOR AND THE DRAGON

    HEROIC PRINCE STEZOR AND THE DRAGON (Story by BoSt) ( BoSt rendition of an old legend, a popular Serbian fairy tale) In the far-off land of Orownoz the enlightened and fair-minded King Zonen was at his wits end; his once peaceful kingdom was plagued by a terrible curse. Every now and then a sheep, ox…

  • THE DRAGON FROM THE NORTH

    THE DRAGON FROM THE NORTH (A story by BoSt) Once upon a time a young dragon seeking adventure, strayed far from the mythical lands of the north where his kind lived; a place of high altitude, a windswept, barren (sterile) region, where the surface was covered most of the year with snow and ice. Flying…

  • THE CENTIPEDE AND THE DRAGON PRINCESS

    THE CENTIPEDE AND THE DRAGON PRINCESS (An Alternate Version of Rice-bag Toda (Tawara Toda) Once upon a time a warrior called Fujiwara no Hidesato was crossing the Seta Bridge at Lake Biwa. Suddenly a monstrous serpent appeared and lay across the roadway just ahead of him.  The hero was not least bit perturbed and, shrugging…