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The Painter AND THE DRAGON
The Painter AND THE DRAGON
bothering him any more, but the dragon was still determined to
flatten him.
help to you.”
-“What nonsense you speak, dwarf ! How could you possibly help
me? You, who are so weak and tiny! Do you know how to do
anything at all? I’m a bit surprised you even know how to breathe!
Ha ha haaa!”
-“Well, I’m a great painter. I can see that your scales have
faded a bit, and, certainly, with just a lick of paint I could help you
look…”
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The dragon thought for a while, and soon decided to spare the
painter’s life on the condition that he would become his slave and
asked the painter to make some new changes and retouch his work.
During one of these journeys the painter and the dragon arrived at a
great mountain. They were making their way around it when they
realised the mountain was moving… and it began to roar with such a
noise that left the dragon half dead with fear. In reality, that
to you,”
-”You? Little dwarf dragon? Help me? You know how to do anything
of use? Ha ha haaaa!”
The titan, just as the dragon had done, accepted the proposal, and
match or a lighter. One night, when the titan was asleep, the
-“Now that it’s happened to me, I’ve realised what I did to you…
-“Run! Escape! The titan is asleep and you are so small he can’t
The painter felt happy at having been set free, but seeing the
dragon, for whom he had felt much affection, and who had
The next morning, when the titan awoke, he found the dragon
lying at his side, dead, with his head cut off. The titan roared and
work of his cousin, the most evil titan he knew of. The titan
quickly moved off to find him so he could break his head into a
thousand pieces.
When the titan had gone, the painter woke the dragon who was still
the other dragon with its head cut off, which turned out to be
nothing but some rocks that the little artist had painted to look like a
Both fled as fast as they could, and the dragon, grateful for having
he would always use them to help those who most needed it.