"Thief! Where have you taken it?"
This.......this thing that towered as tall as the highest oak and talked like a mountain speaking-this thing was a dragon. Not a "common dragon" which is small and tame and raised for its eggs. This was a "true dragon," the enormous, fearsome, speaking cousins that had once terrorized the kingdom.
The long nostrils quivered with rage.
The dragon's head, larger than a horse's, swooped down close to Mella's face. She squeezed her eyes closed so that she wouldn't have to look at its white teeth, each longer than her finger, the snaky tongue, and the deep red throat.
"I found it. I didn't steal it," Mella insisted. "I'll get the Egg for you. I'll get it and bring it back."
But when Mella returned with the Egg, she discovered that the dragon had been injured by the knight defender whose job it is to keep the kingdom safe from "true dragons." Mella promised the dying creature that she would deliver the warm and glowing Egg to its herd living at the Hatching Ground in the distant Dragontooth Mountains.
Join Mella and Roger, the knight's page, as they embark on this dangerous quest. Can they keep the egg hot and safe? Can they keep themselves alive?
Do you believe in true dragons? Explore the links in Fact Monster's Menacing Monster Guide.
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2 comments:
I read the book Dragons Egg. I really enjoyed this book. This book was so good that i couldn't put it down.
Krystal G.
Woodridge School
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