The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies

Lang lang ago in the days o lang syne there lived a bonnie lassie cried Rebecca. Rebecca lived with her mither and faither in a sma cottage beside a braw wee glen. Ane day as Rebecca wis wanderin roond the gairden she saw whit looked like a wee baby dragon.

She asked it its name and it replied ‘Flopsy’. As soon as it spoke a wicked carline cried Tricky Trixie appeared oot o naewhere, though really she had been watching fae the tap o the trees. Tricky Trixie was the maist hackit person in the glen and she wis so evil that she took Rebecca to a lang tall tower and kept her there for months and months.

Rebecca wondered if she wid ever be saved until ane day she noticed a baby dragon fly past her windae. ‘Hud on’ she shouted. It wis Flopsy. Flopsy wisnae a bairn any mair, and killed Tricky Trixie wi a magic diamond. Rebecca wis at last free fae the evil carline.

She went hame to her wee cottage where her mither and faither were waiting. When Rebecca and Flopsy went oot they met twa wolves wha seemed affy interested in Rebecca. They wanted tae eat her!

Suddenly Flopsy turned into a bonnie laddie and chased the wolves awa. Flopsy wis actually a prince wha the carline had put a spell on years afore. Rebecca merried the prince and they lived happily ever efter in a wee cottage wi the twa wolves as their pets.

by Rebecca, Casey & Stephen
(St. Andrews Primary School, Dundee)