Once
there was a dragon. Not a large one, not like the Elaphauntus Magnus Dragons
that live on Mars. No, it was not large. In fact, it was quite small. A Tinius
Minimus, it was about as large as your biggest toenail. These dragons were
unable to breath fire but they could fly so fast you couldn’t even see their
wings. On they’re wings was a dragon mark. All dragons had one no matter how
big or small. It symbolized that dragons were cruel vicious creatures.
These dragons stayed out of sight
of humans because they weren’t big enough to kill humans and the humans,
recognizing the mark would kill them.
This one Tinius Minimus was flying
by a dragon cave when one of them popped out.
“Why do you not have a mark?” growled the
dragon, for dragons without a mark were exiled from birth.
“Oh I do,” replied the little
dragon as he slowed down so the other dragon could see his mark.
“So you do. You flew so fast I
couldn’t even see it!” The other dragon retreated back into its cave. The
little dragon had an idea. “What would the humans do if they couldn’t see my
mark?” he wondered.
The next day, he crept into the
human city in broad daylight and flew so fast no one could see his mark.
Suddenly, he made a big mistake. He
saw a big fly and, without thinking, his dragon instinct took over and he
snapped up the fly. In a minute he was aware of what he had done.
“Oh no!” he thought. “I’d better
fly away.”
Then he realized the humans were
clapping and cheering for him.
“Hurrah! Hurray! No more bugs!” Of
course, because of how vain he was, the little dragon loved the attention. He
quickly left, back to the little Tinius Minimus caves to tell the others.”
“Guys, come on. If we fly really
fast humans can’t see our mark, and when we eat bugs they cheer!”
“Really?” asked a young dragon.
“Let’s go!”
In no time at all, the little dragon
and all his friends were eating bugs.
“What should we call them?” asked
one man.
“Well, they’re flies that look like
dragons. How about dragonflies?” one person suggested.
And so, the name stuck.
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