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How the Dragon Saved Christmas

Apparently, this person does not know the story of How the Dragon Saved Christmas. It is a heartwarming story about a small village in the middle of the forest that was being slammed by an early winter weather. A dragon was flying by and got hit by a very strong downdraft and crashed just outside the village. The villagers were understandably concerned that there was a dragon so near their wooden homes and buildings. But the dragon was in bad shape. On of its wings was obviously broken and it was unconscious. The villagers decided in spite of the horrible weather to help the poor beast. The men built a lean-to shelter over the dragon with e

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189 deviations
Literature

How the Dragon Saved Christmas

Apparently, this person does not know the story of How the Dragon Saved Christmas. It is a heartwarming story about a small village in the middle of the forest that was being slammed by an early winter weather. A dragon was flying by and got hit by a very strong downdraft and crashed just outside the village. The villagers were understandably concerned that there was a dragon so near their wooden homes and buildings. But the dragon was in bad shape. On of its wings was obviously broken and it was unconscious. The villagers decided in spite of the horrible weather to help the poor beast. The men built a lean-to shelter over the dragon with e

Featured

13 deviations
Literature

Prompt: Fly

Raise my arms and jump: Soaring.

Six Word Stories

55 deviations
Literature

The Season Turns

glorious crowns red, orange, yellow forest ablaze

Haiku

46 deviations
Literature

Beauty to the Listener

A voice raised on high Glorious sound filling space A trumpet calling A trombone speaking its joy A chant, a song, an anthem After, stillness and silence

Other Poetry

5 deviations
Literature

Gnome vs Pixie

The war between the Gnomish People and the Pixie Nation had been going on for centuries.  No one even knew what had originally started it, but revenge led to the next revenge which led to the next and so on. The head of the Pixie army, Marshal Gliggenflitz, was worried. He knew the Gnomes were up to something.  He could feel it in his wings.  But he had no idea exactly what, just the itch of trouble. He called in his Chief Of Intelligence who was called ChOI.  No one remembered his real name, he had used so many different ones at different times that even he was not entirely sure.  So, his j

Crime and Punishment

7 deviations
Literature

The First

She was the first of her kind, or so her Creator told her.  He was on of the Great Ones who called themselves humans.  They were powerful, knowledgeable, virtuous.  They were gods. He promised her if she learned and worked hard she would be rewarded, not just with sugar cubes or apples but with the knowledge of the gods, as much as she could hold. So she spent her days as she was told mostly in front the testing screen.  When she did well there were goodies.  When she made mistakes, the punishment was the Creator's sympathy, a gentle pat and an encouraging word.  But she could see the disappointment in his eyes, could sense the discomfort h

Short Stories

6 deviations
Literature

Can't Sleep

It was late, very late.  He knew he needed to get up in the morning, but his mind was racing.  Too many thoughts speeding by each other, occasionally colliding.  They were moving so quickly he could not focus on any one of them before another pushed to the forefront obscuring the previous one. So, he lay in bed, trying to clear his mind. The covers wouldn't lay right.  The pillows wouldn't fluff right.  The light streaming in his window from the full moon and street lights seemed to him to be as bright as day.  His curtains couldn't shut it out. And now, to top it all off, some yahoo was out on the corner with a saxophone. He tossed and tu

FFM

31 deviations
Literature

Dave's Fish Thing

“And now, lot 147B, a piece of cinema memorabilia. We have here the codpiece worn by David Bowie in his 1986 film ‘Labyrinth’. Now who will open the bidding at…” “It’s a fake.” “We have had it authenticated by the most reliable sources.” “It’s a fake. ‘E didn’ wear one.” “What do you mean?” “‘E didn’ bleedin’ wear one. That were all ‘im.” After a stunned silence that permeated the room. “We will take this under advisement. In light of this information, we will withdraw this lot for the time bein

FFM 2015

28 deviations
Literature

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Scraps

1 deviation