Short Story
1 min
The Eensy Weensy Little Dragon Cub
Caleigh Cousineau
Once upon a time, there was an eensy weensy little dragon cub who couldn't fly. Now, this dragon cub really wanted to fly. So one Saturday evening the dragon cub, who's name happened to be Emily Willtop, went to her mother and demanded, "I want you to teach me how to fly, immediately". Her mother said, "Tomorrow I will teach you how to fly my dear Emily, tomorrow". "Ok Mommy, ok", Emily replied.
The next day, Emily got up at sunrise to ask if she could fly but her mom was not awake yet. Ugh! Oh well, Emily would have to wait. So when Emily's mom woke up 1 hour later Emily said, "Oh Mom, you said last night that you would teach me how to fly. Please will you teach me, please." "Oh, ok I will teach you how to fly after lunch, my love, just like I told you last night."
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So, after lunch Emily's mom, and Emily of course, went out flying but Emily could not fly. She just could not fly. She tried and tried but no, she could not fly.
One hour later, Emily was on her own trying to fly when...she did it! She did it! She did it! She did it! Emily rushed off to find her mom. When she saw her mom flying back from hunting, she was carrying a young rabbit in her mouth. When she landed, Emily hurried toward her to tell her the exciting, amazing, completely awesome news. She said, "Mom guess what? I...can...fly!" "Can you show me?" her mother asked extra excitedly. "Yes, come here and I will show you!"
They went to a super, ginormously big cliff (and by the way Emily had never flown off this cliff before). She then, before her mom could protest, leapt off the cliff. She soared for 5 seconds, came crashing downward toward her mother, swooped up, did 3 loop-to-loops, did a backflip in the air and came to a rest in front of her mom at the edge of the cliff. She then fell backward off the cliff and rose up just as her mom yelled out of fear. She didn't know that Emily could catch herself. Emily did another backflip to finish it off, and came up behind her mom, roaring with delight. The flying was over.
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