Colors
and Fire
© Grace Pyles
January 16th
is officially Appreciate a Dragon Day!
This
fantastic fest of fiery fun was created by author Donita K. Paul as a way to
promote children’s literacy (and quite possibly her book, Dragonspell).
Regardless
of how it began – take note that if you happen to have a dragon, it’s time to
show the love.
And what
the heck, you can go ahead and appreciate those dragon fans as well. That’s my
plan, anyway.
My daughter
came into this world with a 100-decibel roar and lungs full of fire. In fact,
I’m pretty sure that her second word (after Daddy, of course) was
“Dragon.”
At that time her enthusiasm was so dang cute that the entire family hopped right on
board the old dragon wagon…
It was
decidedly less cute when she was a six-year-old riffling through the
classifieds for great deals on Komodos.
And Honey, if you’re reading this –
yes, they are wicked-cool, but the
answer is still no.
PROMPT: It’s time to celebrate those fierce
and feisty marshmallow roasters of the fantasy world! Write a fairy
tale today and, for Pete’s (Dragon)
sake, let the beastie win.
Too cool! And why can't she have a Komodo. . . ?
ReplyDeleteI know, I know -- every child deserves a pet with bacteria-laden saliva. Just put me right at the top of the Mean Moms list.
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