a folk tale the cracow dragon

"Thot terrble drogon hos got to go!. "The drogon comes out of ts cove every n[ght!"... "lt's eotlng our sheep ond our goots, you knowl" "l need o brove mctn - ond I need hlm todoyl"... t

Retold by Jenny Dooley

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"Thot terr(ble drogon hos got to go! But how con thot hoppen? Does onyone know?

"The drogon comes out of (ts cove every n[ght!"

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"lt's eotlng our sheep ond our goots, you knowl"

"l need o brove mctn - ond I need hlm todoyl"

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"The mon who con k(ll thts terr(ble thing, cctn morry my doughter ond live ltke o k[ng!" And so, lots of men come nedr to the cove

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A big bod drogon

ts wolk(ng oreund,

scor(ng the people

who l(ve (n our town.

It's eoting our goots

ond oll of our sheep!

It's scor(ng us oll

ond no one con sleep!

Chorus:

Our K(ng (s upset.

Someone must f(ght

the terrible drogon

-we need o brove kn(ghfl

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Who ccn foce the drogon ond go (nto (ts cove?

Who con ktll thot owful th(ng?

Who con be so brove?

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Doy ofter doy, the brove men dppeor -l'll ktll the drogon l'll use my long speorl-But the drogon (s clever, ond os (t turns round,

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The brove men ore fr(ghtened ond no one goes bock.

He's got on (deo He knows whot to do

"l know how to k(ll the drogon for youl"

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I promlse tomorrow thot thtng wfll be deod! And bring me the skin of one of your sheepl

So, oll through the ntght, he works on h(s plon And everyone osks, "Who (s this young mdn?"

"He's putting the sulphur (ns(de the sheepsklnl"

"Whot (s he mok(ng? Whot o very stronge th(ngl"

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And by tomorrow the drogon's deod?

He's just o shoemoker, thot (s true.

But he's got o plon He knows whot to

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And by tomorrow the drogon's deod?

He's just o shoemo.ker, thot is true.

But he's got o plon He knows whot to do.

And so the next doy he ploces the sheep

The drogon [s hungry, so when it wokes up, (t eots up the sheep with one greot b(g gulpl

"My tummy's on firel I'm dylng, I think! Where ts the rtver? | must hove o drink!"

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