My dragon claws go scritchy - scratch Hooray for me, about to hatch Just one push and I am free "Hoorah hoorah hooray" says me I've longed to see this world outside And hear the sound of crashing tide To view a world so full of love And join the dragon skies above A world of sound so new and bold My curiosity will barely hold So here, out of the egg am I Feeling as though I could fly Sprawled amid the shards I've risen From within the ghostly prison This nest I'm in, so big and deep I'll explore it now, no time to sleep "Peep peep" says I, eyes big and wide As I look down over the side I see a world so big and tall It makes me feel so very small But it's vastness does not frighten me Just all the more fun there is to be I'll romp and play and jump about As soon as this nest I get out But for now I'm hungry, tired Against me has my fate conspired? My tummy seems to growleth so For food, a leaf, a cheerio! Then to my joy and glee My mother comes, with food I see She brings apples, bread and cheese galore My mother brings them all and more I heard her voice from within the egg Where all I could see was my leg Now I see her, feel her, smell her too And she brings my brother and sisters new Playing with them will be so fun I want to meet them, every one First we play, then we eat Now we all lay down to sleep All together, under wing Mothers are great for snuggling Sleepy, snoozy hear us snore A great first day, a thirst for more Dreaming of the stars so bright I'll fly with them in mind tonight Like fires dancing off and on The sun rises and brings the dawn And lights the sky with red and blue It brings another day anew Danger! Danger! A threat is here! A bigger dragon to harm us dear! Breath of fire! Claws of steel! Shattering the dreams so real A dragon and our mother battle Leaves us alone, like long lost cattle Thunderstorms and fires outside The cave in which we all reside Huddle close I'll protect you all My siblings, though I may be small My heart is big, my courage too Let's hope this is enough for you Then lightning strikes and all is quiet A shape falls down, rain by and by it Who could it be, Mother or thee - Oh villain soul, our eyes do see? The other shape flies over close The rain distorts it like a ghost And as the looming shape comes near We've drawn our lastest breath, we fear The shadow figure enters the cave A place that may soon be our grave I stand up tall and give a mighty roar Stopping the shape within the door Time seems to low down as it stares And us at it, my fangs I bares The only sound to be heard is breath The smell of blood, intermingled death And the dragon says as she turns my way "I'm proud my hatchling, I must say" That loving voice so gentle, kind Brings peace and love to our hatchling mind To know our mother will give us care The peace of mind knowing she'll be there We huddle up, back to sleep Each giving our own content "peep" Reassemble our dreams, reinstate the stars No nightmares haunt, for mother is ours And so we dream our dreams so deep The night is ripe with fruits of sleep We live on to fight another day We live to love and love to play The coming dawn so soft and pure Such innocence, again so sure From this first day, and this first night, The stars of mind and eyes alight With wisdom gained and wisdom earned A lesson we have all well learned If we must die, and we must fight, Then we'll die and fight for what is right Since then we've grown up strong and well Amassing more stories to tell A thousand more fights we endure But we grow stronger, our hearts more pure And so ends this epic Dragon Tale A story we live and sometimes fail We must be strong, we must be brave For sometimes ourselves we must save Now into the twilight sky I soar I am Draco, hear me roar (copyright me, Draco)
