Dragons, Roger Keyserling [chapter books to read to 5 year olds txt] 📗

her which made Alex realize he'd never known her. She was taller and braver than he was. She was sure of herself as she'd never been before. She understood what he had not dismissed. She was a heroine. She would rule their people and he would be her humble servant. The thought of allowing her to rule made his sad and if he was honest, a bit jealous of her. He wanted to sweep her up in his arms and tell her he loved her. He couldn't tell her how he'd always felt about her if she ruled the land and everyone living on it. 

"Come on Alex hurry up. The whole village is burning. Dracus has tried to put it out. It's too strong for him. The other dragons are doing their best, but they can't stop the blaze on their own. We need you. I need you. Please help us."

"You need me? I caused this. How could you possibly need me? Everyone loves you. You can help our people without me."

"No, I can't. I need you. I've always needed you. You're me. We belong to each other."

"Really? Do you really need me?" 

"Yes, I do. I love you. I always have. Now please bring everything you need and help us."

"I love you too. I'm coming and I promise you we will win even if it takes a lifetime to beat them. We'll do it together."

Their world was burning before their eyes, yet they weren't afraid. They had each other and with Dracus as well as the other dragons, they would build a strong foundation for future generations to enjoy. The sky was red, the trees were red, the river was red, everything they knew and loved was red. Xavier looked on from his secret cave and gazed at the pair with ancient eyes. Part of his prediction had been realized. His pupils had voiced their feelings for each other which had been clear to him since their chance meeting all those years ago. No, he reminded himself. It wasn't a chance that brought them together. It was their destiny which led them to meet and fall for each other as they were always going to do. They were young and Xavier knew they had a long road ahead of them and he, Xavier would be there to help them until he left earth for his eternal bed. The old man smiled as he saw Dracus soaring into the red sky with something in his mouth. All the dragons would protect the young couple as he'd instructed them to do all those years ago. 

The Dragon & The Shaman - Story

Many years ago, in a beautiful cottage in Ireland, lived a 21-year-old girl, and her name was Aoife. Her mother's name was Cillian, and unfortunately, she was atrociously burned alive at the stake in the Islandmagee witch trials in 1711. She had been found guilty of witchcraft a year earlier. Her father's name was Sean. He died of a broken heart 3 years later. Leaving Aoife as an orphan at 14 years old. Back then there was no economy. Any economy that existed belonged to England due to the 800 years war. Aoife then had to learn the way of the Irish. Bartering, trading, and other self-sufficient means of survival. The year she turned 18, she had worked hard to become a farmer who had her own potato farm. She then learned the way of the plants, just as her mother did at the same age.
  

 Throughout her journey as a farmer, Aoife experienced a lot of unfamiliar, and sometimes disturbing experiences. Living on her own, it made things a tad bit more difficult to deal with. It all started with a voice she kept hearing, and it would quite often call out her name. Naturally, she immediately thought there might be a guest at the door. When she finally opened the door, to her surprise there was no one to be seen. After a while of repeating her steps, she went to bed thinking she had just exhausted her mind from a hard day's work. The next day, when things seemed to still be a little far fetched, she could not help but think of her mother who had passed. She had a thought that shocked her and sent chills throughout her entire body. "Maybe, my mother's spirit has come to visit me." She thought. Why after all this time would she make an appearance out of nowhere when things are going particularly good. "What have you come for?" She said to herself. Hoping she would get a response, but she heard nothing. The thought had eventually passed, as she was very busy that day. As she was gathering the best of her potatoes, and bagging them up for sale, something had caught the corner of her eye. She quickly looked up but realized she was alone after all. Later that night, she got home, and she was quite tired nonetheless. So she decided to call it an early night. It wasn't long after she decided to lay down, she fell right into a deep sleep. Almost instantly, her brain hit REM sleep, and she had a dream that would change her life forever.
       

"GASP!" She woke up in such a fright. She looked around her room to make sure she was still at home, is that what she just saw seemed too real. She quickly reached for her nightstand to grab her dream journal. She dated July 13th, 1721. "It was no secret that at the end of the 1700s, it was very clear that there were many mentally ill people wandering the streets at night, sleeping in the fields, and worst of all getting locked up in various ways, but there is no possible way I am even close to mad! Everyone in my family seemed okay to me. Anyhow, I had a dream about a beautiful, majestic dragon last night. With the sharpest green eyes, I have ever seen in my life. Somehow they were so familiar like I have seen them before. My mother.. my mother! She had the prettiest green eyes, that always seemed to change with her mood. I knew in my heart that it was she who came to me last night. Although, she gave me a message, telling me her, and my father needs my help. They seem to be stuck. Stuck where though? I do not have the slightest idea. It seemed as if the dragon were dancing, except I have never seen this type of dance before."
   

    Aoife stood up, and instead of her usual routine, she began to get dressed. She stood in front of her mirror trying to remember the steps she had just dreamed up. She cupped her hands, and bent her knees, swinging her cupped hands up into the air. She parted her hands as she came back up, and gently swung her left hand across her body to the left, holding her right hand in front of her. Her left hand swung back up until her hands met again, except it looked as if she was about to pick up a baby. She held her hands in front of her trying to remember the next step. She bent down, and up, and as her arms went up with the rest of her body, she spread her hands apart as if she just taught a little bird how to fly for the first time. Trying to remember every step to get it right, she practiced over, and over, and over again, until finally she succeeded, and danced with flawless intent.
     

  All-day, the only thing Aoife could do was dance, and think with a mind full of questions until she finally exhausted herself, and fell to sleep instantly. She began to dream, and as soon as she saw the dragon she asked, "Mother? Is that you?.." The dragon nodded, yes. As the dragon's head fell with her nod, she ended up in a different place. Right in front of her stood her mother and her father. She began to dance, and as she repeated it; one for each family member. She cupped her hands as they went down into the river, and up to her mouth whereby she would sip the magic water. Her left hand grabbed her mother's hand, and lead her to the left side where she then let go of her mother's hand and pointed to the sky. She watched as her mother crossed over into the light, and then she helped her father. No longer were they earthbound. 

Dragon Quotes

"No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith."

R.A. SALVATORE, Streams of Silver

 

Beware the darkness of dragons,
Beware the stalker of dreams,
Beware the talons of power and fire,
Beware one who is not what she seems.

TUI T. SUTHERLAND, Darkness of Dragons

 

Come not between the dragon, and his wrath.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, King Lear

 

I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

JOHN LENNON, attributed, Secret of the Dragon's Eye

 

Imagine a land where people are afraid of dragons. It is a reasonable fear: dragons possess a number of qualities that make being afraid of them a very commendable response. Things like their terrible size, their ability to spout fire, or to crack boulders into splinters with their massive talons. In fact, the only terrifying quality that dragons do not possess is that of existence.

DAVID WHITELAND, Book of Pages

 

 

 

“No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

 

 

“Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon.”
― Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood

 

“Puff, the Magic Dragon, lived by the sea, and frolicked in the Autumn Mist in a land called Honah Lee, little Jacky Paper loved that rascal Puff, and gave him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff.”
― Peter Yarrow, Puff, The Magic Dragon

 

 

 

 

 Chinese Dragon Quotes

 

"There is not enough room for two dragons in one pond."

 

"If you ignore the dragon, it will eat you. If you defy the dragon it will overpower you. But if you ride