. Dream days . THE RELUCTANT DRAGON 143 in front of the little inn, and the villagerscrowded round with greetings and thanks andvoluble statements of their wrongs and griev-ances and oppressions. The Boy heard thegrave gentle voice of the Saint, assuring themthat all would be well now, and that he wouldstand by them and see them righted and freethem from their foe ; then he dismounted andpassed through the doorway and the crowd pouredin after him. But the Boy made off up the hillas fast as he could lay his legs to the ground. Its all up, dragon ! he shouted as soon as. 144 DREAM DAYS he was wi
. Dream days . THE RELUCTANT DRAGON 143 in front of the little inn, and the villagerscrowded round with greetings and thanks andvoluble statements of their wrongs and griev-ances and oppressions. The Boy heard thegrave gentle voice of the Saint, assuring themthat all would be well now, and that he wouldstand by them and see them righted and freethem from their foe ; then he dismounted andpassed through the doorway and the crowd pouredin after him. But the Boy made off up the hillas fast as he could lay his legs to the ground. Its all up, dragon ! he shouted as soon as. 144 DREAM DAYS he was within sight of the beast. Hes coming !Hes here now ! Youll have to pull yourselftogether and do something at last! The dragon was licking his scales and rubbingthem with a bit of house-flannel the Boys motherhad lent him, till he shone like a great turquoise. Dont be violent^ Boy, he said withoutlooking round. Sit down and get your breath,and try and remember that the noun governs theverb, and then perhaps youll be good enoughto tell me whos coming ? ** Thats right, take it coolly, said the Boy. Hope youll be half as cool when Ive got throughwith my news. Its only St. George whos coming,thats all ; he rode into the village half an hourago. Of course you can lick him—a great bigfellow like you ! But I thought Id warn you,cos hes sure to be round early, and hes got thelongest, wickedest-looking spear you ever didsee ! And the Boy got up and began to jumpround in sheer delight at the prospect of the battle. * O deary, deary me, moaned the dragon ;* this is too aw
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