The Green Dragon

Once upon a time in a land far away, there lived a green Dragon. He was a very sad Dragon and a very lonely dragon too. He lived all by himself in a cave on the mountains. He was a big Dragon and people were afraid of him. That made the Dragon even sadder, because he was a gentle dragon.

One day a little boy called Peter was walking on the mountains, when he met the Dragon. Peter was very scared and started to run away, but the Dragon called out to him, 'please do not go'. Peter turned around and saw the Dragon was looking sadly back at him. Peter did feel sorry for the Dragon then.

He was a tenderhearted boy. He looked at the Dragon; it certainly was a big Dragon and moved back a few steps. The Dragon looked at him and told him he would not hurt anybody. He was very lonely and liked company to talk too. Peter was very surprised to hear that and said, 'have you no Dragon friends you could talk too? I have friends at the school I go to and we talk all the time'.

The Dragon looked even sadder and told Peter to come closer. 'Look at me' the Dragon said, 'I have no wings'. 'All Dragons are born with wings so they can fly, but I was born without wings. I cannot join in the flying games the other Dragons play'. 'I was so ashamed, that I came to live here by myself'. 'My dearest wish is to have wings'. 'I could go home then and join the other Dragons again'.

Peter felt even more sorry for the Dragon then, he must be so lonely. 'Well', Peter said, 'I can ask the Wise Man of my village'. 'He is wise and helpful'. 'Maybe he will have a solution'.

The Dragon looked more cheerful at the thought that maybe there was help at last.

Peter went back to the village and explained the problem to the Wise Man. The Wise Man looked very thoughtful and stroked his long gray beard. 'I think I will call a meeting of all the people in the village and we will discuss this problem together'. 'Sometimes when a problem is talked over with other people', 'somebody will come up with a solution'.

A meeting was called and all the village people attended. There was a lot of discussion, as it was a very unusual problem. After all, who had ever heard of a Dragon without wings? Then one of the women, who was a very good knitter suggested that they knit the Dragon a set of wings. The other people looked a bit doubtful, they would be very big wings to knit. 'But', the woman said, 'if we knitted squares and sewed them together, everybody could knit'. 'It would not be such a big job, as it would be divided into smaller jobs for many people'.

All the others thought that was a very good idea. Well, the whole village knitted, they used the wool that grew on their own sheep. It was dyed in different colours that would never fade. In no time at all, the wings were done. They were beautiful wings, all the colours of the Rainbow were in them. Peter was so proud that his village had found the solution to the Dragon’s problem that he hurried to the cave and called out to the Dragon, 'come to our village and wait for a surprise'.

The Dragon came and waited just outside the village in a field. He was much too big to fit in the street. He watched as the village people came, with the knitted Dragon wings on a cart. The leather workers had made a special harness that could be tied around the Dragon, so the wings would stay on. The people tied the wings on the Dragon, and the Dragon very carefully tried the wings out. They worked perfectly and the Dragon was so happy that he cried. They were very big Dragon tears and made a lake right in the middle of the field.

The Dragon was upset at making the lake but the people said 'we need a lake, because there is never enough water for the village'. 'Sometimes our crops are very poor and then we have not enough to eat in the winter'.

The Dragon thought for a minute and said, 'I will be back'. The Dragon went back to the mountain and filled his mouth with water from a spring that he had found. It was too high up in the mountains for the people to reach, but for a flying Dragon, it was no trouble at all. The Dragon filled the lake for the people and told them if they ever needed water just to call him and he would come and fill the lake again.

He was a very happy Dragon. He said goodbye to the people and flew home to the other Dragons, not ashamed anymore but very proud of his knitted rainbow wings.

The people were happy too, they had a good supply of water now and there would be enough food every winter. Peter was the hero of the village. After all, if he had not been willing to help the Dragon, the village would not have had a lake. A lake started with a Dragon’s tears of happiness. The village prospered and whenever visitors came, they were told the story of the green Dragon, who was born without wings, but ended up with the best wings in the world. Knitted Rainbow wings.

The Green Dragon

Once, there was a green dragon
Who lived in a land far away
He was a unhappy dragon
Until a boy saw him one day

The boy was very frightened
But saw the dragon was sad
And asked, what was the problem
Maybe he could help with that

The dragon looked at him sadly
And said, You can come closer by
You see, I was born without wings
And all other dragons can fly

I am different from other dragons
Out of shame, I live here alone
If only I had a set of wings
I could return to my home

The boy felt deeply sorry for him
Poor dragon who looked so sad
And said, I will try to help you
Please do not feel so bad

I will ask the people of my village
How we can get you some wings
I am sure they have an answer
For they know everything

The village people had a long meeting
The decision was really not hard
They decided to knit a set of wings
And all would do their part

The whole village was busy knitting
With wool that would never fade
The wings turned out to be beautiful
A lovely rainbow shade

The people showed the dragon
The wings they had all help make
The green dragon cried with happiness
Providing them with a lake

The lake would give them water
So the people were happy as well
They are never hungry or suffer thirst
Because... And this is the story they tell

Once, there was a green dragon...

Anita Wilson©

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