Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 241
ilight the boy heard the rattlingand crackling of the dragons scales. Hepeered out through the leaves and soon sawthe dragon cautiously crawling down the roadtoward the wagons. The boy was so startledby the sight that he gave a violent jump, andthereby knocked his drum out of its resting-place in… … Oho ! cried the boy. So thatof a creature you are, Mr. Dragon! Climbing leisurely down, the drummer-boypicked up his drum, slung it over his shoulder,and returned to the town, laughing quietly tohimself. But when, the next day, the dragon made a new disturbance, he was so much nearer town that…
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