THE BABY DRAGON

The baby dragon was born
a little smaller than most
and immediately curled up, cutely.
She was tender.
She was born without the aggression
of other dragons,
and liked to curl up
under blankets and read or hear stories.

She grew to be of normal size
and did have the dragon adventure desire;
roaming the world, across hillsides
and foreign locales,
and being nice to others as she went.

She smiled and everyone could see
her dragon teeth,
but everyone could see she
was gentle.
And even when she was
fully grown and fully strong,
she still liked to go home
to snuggle.

Copyright ©2022 Ashi Shadow - 9/25/22 on Juilee.
Originally was "the dragon adventure" with adventure as an adjective, but I thought people would interpret 'adventure' as a noun, that way.
I'm aware that the blankets and read or hear stories line has a grammar issue, but I decided to leave it in the colloquial way that it was written.