Now Druther wasn't your every day, common or garden type variety of dragon as all you clever ones out there may have gathered from his name. I'druther not torch this.... I'druther not torch that. In fact he'druther not torch anything for that matter. Here you have a picture of the perfect pacifist, purring away like a veritable kitty kat. All the would-be swains had tried to provoke him of course, but he just wouldn't be in it. Nothing, but nothing would he blow away but itty, bitty puffs of smoke & that was that!
Meanwhile back in the city.......... Hal was entertaining the ladies as usual with his great feat of prowess - catching flies on the buzz with his tongue. He didn't quite remember how he'd attained this skill, but it seemed to amuse the fairer sex, & funnily enough he found the exercise quite stimulated the taste buds.
On this particular day, Maid Moppet decided to ditch her chaperone shadow & see what life in the fast lane was all about She watched in awe as Hal flicked his tongue here, there & everywhere & immediately fell in love. She couldn't find any explantion for this inexplicable happening,but she'd once heard the saying 'Love is blind.' so just accepted it & the nice warm feeling it invoked.
Hal was mid-fly when he happened to catch sight of this chick gazing at him with a goofy look on her face, & with mouth agape & tongue protruding, he too immediately fell in love.
Now the problems facing Hal were:- How to get the dragon to fight & die for him How to persuade Sir.Bigglesdick to accept him for what he was; a penniless nothing with no skills except fly-swatting. How to finish off this wretched story that is beginning to rival War & Peace?
Now every tale worth the telling possesses at least one good soul. In this one, it just happens to be Gertie the Good Fairy. Now Gertie had seen better times & everyone reckoned that she was past it, but she still had a few bits & pieces left over from the good ol' days when she was known as 'Gertie the Groover.'
Hokay then! Let's give this a quick painless ending. Gertie managed to slip Sir.Bigglesdick a particularly potent love potion. He, pretty much weary of doing the bedroom circuit, hastily married her & was happy.... and boy! Was SHE happy. He rescinded his stipulation about the dragon-killing caper leaving Druther in peace to go on chasing butterflies, & last but not least, Hal & Moppet were the toast of the Kingdom at a glittering wedding ceremony paid for by King Stuffit.
So ....... all's well that ends well as they say in the classics & everyone lived happily ever after.
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The word's out that Hal & Moppet spent their honeymoon at some far, distant pond where Hal continued to amuse & amaze with his outstanding skills - Moppet was blissfully happy!
