The nameless dragon
\nby cricketjeff on November 14, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nThere’s a dragon sat in Ealing very sad without a name
\nFor a dragon being nameless is the source of endless shame
\nSo his friends have called a party, everybody will be there
\nAnd our hero will be christened with a badge to match his flare<\/p>\n
It will need to be a brave one, but reflect his softer side
\nDignified but not imposing or all visitors would hide
\nWhen at last he isn’t nameless he will spread his mighty wings
\nAnd be off to scare the district like a fire-storm on springs<\/p>\n
There was Smaug the great and golden who sat on a stolen hoard
\nAnd who burned a local village when fed up or feeling bored
\nThere was Meriadoc Moonlight who flew far amongst the stars
\nAnd who chased ten thousand brigands like an army of hussars<\/p>\n
Also Mandalord the miser and his son the evil Granck
\nSilver Cedric King of mischief who just loved to play a prank
\nI could mention many hundred from the mountains of the world
\nBut these days most keep their secrets and lay very tightly curled<\/p>\n
All throughout the middle ages dragons roasted noble knights
\nAnd they feasted as they fancied while destroying local sights
\nBut the modern breed of dragon’s really rather civilised
\nAnd they never put a maiden through the tortures they’ve devised<\/p>\n
They may eat a passing taxman, burn a burglar where it hurts
\nAnd they’re known to stir up wind gusts that can lift a lady’s skirts
\nBut when all is done and dusted and you’re looking for a friend
\nGet a dragon in your garden and your woes are at an end<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nI am just off to a “Dragon naming ceremony”, My eldest nephew commissioned a
\ndragon to mark his parent’s (My sister and brother-in-law) thirtieth wedding
\nanniversary and the family are off to meet him and bestow a name on him.<\/p>\n
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The dragon has been well launched, the name “Smok Wawelski” was chosen by a
\nlandslide vote, it is the name of a famous dragon from Polish folklaw (My
\nbrother-in-law is Polish).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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