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THE SEA WAS CALM, BUT RATHBRAZE WAS NOT...

Comments (8)

Jonathan Hohensee:

Are you going to post a picture of a dragon every time a great of science fiction dies?

GarandFan:

A seething cauldron of hormones was raging thru her system. Her time was now, but there was a dearth of mates to be had. She pondered whether she and her sisters had been hasty in driving off the males during the last summer solstice. She was not in a mood to be trifled with.

HEY Jonathan,

No....but I feel a caricature coming on.

Terwiliger:

Garandfan's, continued...

Lancelot had approached her during that last solstice. He no longer thought of himself as a "dragon slayer."

The animal rights activists had succeeded in having them declared a protected species...they were, after all, a benign creation of "mother nature"...the only real evil was man. (The environmentalists were silent, however, as dragon breath had been shown to be the number one contributor to carbon-based-lifeform-generated global climate change.)

The constant retorts that he only hunted to pump up his inadequate machismo had worn down his resolve...and the constant harping about "assault swords" & "tactical lances" made him feel self-conscious just for owning those weapons--much more so to carry them.

Nonetheless, he decided to approach the dragon, & he implored her & her sisters to take their YAZ.

They summarily dismissed his pleas, roasted him in one breath...& then they ate him.

I retrospect, perhaps it wasn't all that wise to approach the dragons. After all, they were large enough to eat a horse in one bite, & were apt do so...AND...his suggestion for them to "Have a happy period" may have been insensitive...but maybe they did overreact just a tad.

GarandFan:

Rathbraze continued to turn the problem over in her mind. The conclusion was quite simple, there's never a male around when you really need one. It's all their fault!

drew:

It should not come as a suprise that the career of artificial dragon inseminator was usually a very short one. Most found themselves "burned out" after just one difficult recipient.

Craniac:

Go ahead and pull my tail one more time! Then we'll see if you still think its funny.

GarandFan:

Drew: Wow! Talk about pressure to perform!

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