500 years ago, west of Hawaii, was a valley. The valley wasn’t just a piece of land it was a village with a GIANT rock, the rock was a dragon. Everyone knew it was a dragon, but they just treated it like it was a rock because it never moved. The dinosaur - like beast had fiery red scales that got browner every day. His slashed feet were as crumbled as an old mans skin. The dragon had a belly the colour of the sea. He had a giant nozzle the size of Jupiter with yucky brown rotten nostrils. This creature had the most disgusting toenails; they looked like witches fingernails that had not been cut in centuries.
The monster smelt like a rotten egg in Rotorua. His belly was so cold you wouldn’t have to put it in the freezer to cool it down, but his wings, back, tail and feet were warmer than the sun because he’d been lying in the sun for over 500 years. The sleeping dragon tasted like an off fish that’s dead. The fish- like taste was salty and raw. His tail was spiky, fat and the colour of ripe red apples, it was as bright as the sun on a lovely day.
In the valley there were beautiful playgrounds and wavy hills. The people were as kind as a Christian in the morning. The bees were as happy as a horse in a hayfield. The children were as playful as new born puppies. The children would run everywhere and the whole town would always be happy! The valley was filled with lovely trees, green, lush grass and a hot, hot sun that was always shining.
There was no rain for as long as the dragon had slept,the townsfolk had to wash clothes in old, dirty water from a little stream.They would travel days across the land just to get a bucket of stream water to last them a couple of weeks. That would be used for dishes, clothes and baths and other things.
But worst of all, each day because everything was hot, the people would get meaner and the children would get less happy and playful. The whole town became mean and nasty. If an emergency like this ever happened, the town had prepared a rhyme and it went like this:
Dragon, Dragon, help us please -
If you help we’ll let you be -
We need you to help us fix this mess –
Please help us it’s not a test.
But because everyone was so mean, they forgot about it. The days past while the dragon lay by the empty lake. Nothing would happen, not a sound, not a move. A week went by with no difference. Still the people were nasty. The days were still hot and the dragon was still ASLEEP! Everyone was still mad at the dragon. Nobody was proud, happy or joyful. They were all skinny eyed and sullen.
Meanwhile the children had a plan. They were walking around town quickly and quietly, nobody noticed them when they went to the drag0n. When they got to the dragon they realised how pretty he was. So they put all of the flowers that were left in a circle around him and then they sung the rhyme:
“Dragon Dragon, help us please -
If you help we’ll let you be -
We need you to help us fix this mess -
Please help us it’s not a test.”
They sang and sang until it worked, but they didn’t know it worked until...
An eye opened, and then one boy said, “It’s alive! Run everyone run” The whole town ran to the top of the hill and huddled for safety. Up got the dragon and away it went across the village destroying everything, but nobody cared they all thought it was amazing. The dragon felt something tickle his nose, he started to sneeze.
“Aahhhhh aahhhhh,” everyone was so amazed at the noise coming from the dragon. “Aahhhh aahhhhhh,” off he went again ready to let something out! “AahhhhChoooo!” Out flushed water from the dragon’s nose. There was so much it filled up the empty lake.
“Aahhhhh Chooo,” off he went again using his magic slobber to fill the sky with rainclouds so it would rain every now and again.
Now and for the rest of the dragons’ life in the village, he would always be believed in.
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