TEARS OF THE DRAGON

Far, far away, in the deep cavern of a strange country, lived a dragon whose
eyes sparkled like burning brands.
The surrounding people were scared and everyone expected someone to be
capable of killing him. Mothers trembled when they heard of him, and
children cried
in silence for fear that the dragon would hear them.
But there was a boy who was not afraid:
- Taró, who should I invite to your birthday party?
- Mom, I want you to invite the dragon.
- Are you kidding? - said the mother.
"No, I want you to invite the dragon," the boy repeated.
The mother shook her head in despair. What strange ideas your child had!
Was not
possible!
But on his birthday, Taró disappeared from home. He walked through the
mountains,
through streams and forests, until he reached the mountain where the
dragon lived.
- Lord dragon! Dragon Lord! ”He shouted in a vibrant voice.
- What happens? Who is calling me? - thought the dragon, sticking his head
out of his
huge cavern.
"Today is my birthday and my mother will prepare a lot of sweets," the man
shouted.
little boy-. I have come to invite you.
The dragon could not believe what he heard and looked at the boy growling
with a voice
cavernous. But Taró was not afraid and kept shouting:
- Lord dragon! Are you coming to my birthday party?
When the dragon understood that the boy was serious, he was moved and
began to
think:
- Everyone hates and fears me. No one has ever invited me to a party
birthday. Nobody loves Me. How good is this child!
And as he thought this, tears began to fall from his eyes.
First a few, then so many and so many that they became a river that
it was coming down the valley.
- Come, get on my rump - said the dragon sobbing - I'll take you home.
The boy saw the dragon come out of the burrow. It was a pretty reptile, with
subtle
red scales, sinuous like a snake, but with very robust legs.
Taró mounted on the back of the ferocious animal and the dragon began to
swim in the
river of his tears. And while swimming, by a strange magic, the body of the
animal
Change of shape and measure and the boy arrived happily home, driving a
boat
With very nice ornaments and dragon shape.