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Once upon a
time...
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Ystradgynlais
Community Contact Group, Wales, October 2002 |
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Dragon
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before
dragons were known to the walk the land, they swam over the whole globe
and queened it over the seas. |
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When
it was time, they dragged their bloated bellies onto the land, and were
met with rejection by all the land species. Into caves they were forced
to crawl and they would only emerge at night to eat their vegetarian diet*.
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After
feeding they would slumber on the hills or cliffs and gaze at the sacred
dawn - their scales drinking in the red rays of the sunrise. Back to their
hideouts they would go at the first call of the land species, where they
dreamed of being back in the waters with their ancestors. |
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Time
came when they could no longer bear the hatred and scorn shown them, and
they changed. As they pounded up mountains, their hind legs thickened. Their
tail muscles rippled as they swished along - their fin-wings stretched ever
bigger and they would grip the cliff tops with their new talons and breathe
in the fire of the sunrise, their spines elongating against the sky. And
time came when they pushed themselves off the cliffs and took over the skies,
consuming everything in their path, spewing out fire. |
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land species were driven away with fear and the dragons were more alone
than ever before. |
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Much
time went by, and their new-found wings withered back to fins, their claws
withdrew, their spikes blunted and they spend more of their days and nights
curled up. |
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But slowly,
slowly, they returned one by one into the sea where the sea creatures
embraced them once more.
The raging
fires extinguished on their tongues but a warming fire within glowed again
and the light of their eyes reflected their joy. |
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The sea dragon
holds the secret of its true nature -
in the quiet
dark of the deep oceans its scales capture the irridescent colours of
the corals. |
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*Tall
trees and leaves - flowers of different hues. It is the color that attracts
them. If all else fails - grass and reeds will do - but only as a last resort! |
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