Copyright Cornelius Clifford 2026
DRAGON STORIES
OF THE WILD WOOD
MOLESWIND AND THE
GREAT GRAWN
An elf, a dragon and a touch of faerie magic
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A small woodland elf called Moleswind was
ambling along a path in the Wild Wood.
Suddenly, there was a deep throaty growl. A
growl so deep, and so throaty, it made the very
ground shake.
The growl growled again.
Whatever was doing the growling sounded big.
Very big.
'This might be a good time to hide in my faerie
caravan.' Moleswind thought, and scampered
off into the undergrowth.
He was soon a long way from the growling, or
so he thought.
Just when he felt safe, Moleswind ran straight
into a huge monster. His gaze went up and up,
trying to grasp the size of the beast. It was so
big it was blocking out the light of the sun!
The creature was huger than huge and covered
in green scaly skin. It had four legs like tree
trunks, a massive fat belly and an enormous
mouth. This was filled with teeth, hundreds and
hundreds of needle-sharp teeth.
It was some kind of dragon, a very large and
very fat dragon.
The massive dragon sniffed Moleswind with
two huge nostrils.
Moleswind, shivering with fear said. "You're
not going to eat me, are you?"
The dragon growled; "GRRROWL!"
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THE RED DRAGON - A WITCH'S TALE
Begin:
Ethel Greycrow lay on the riverbank reading
aloud to her witchy sisters Ivy and Molly. They
were eating Turkish delight and drinking nettle
tea. The book was about a goblin king in a
goblin city, which was surrounded by a
labyrinth. They had just reached the bit where
the goblin king steals the baby.
Suddenly, a sack of bones fell on Ivy's leg. She
squealed in surprise.
All three young witches looked up. There was a
tree goblin sitting on a branch above them,
laughing. He sneered:
"The Night Witch needs a blood red dragon
stone for a special spell. They grow in the cave
of the red dragon. Bring one to her and she will
reward you well. Fail and you will be punished.
You might find those bones useful to distract
the dragon. If it doesn't eat you first!" The
goblin laughed again and disappeared into the
trees.
"Who does the Night Witch think she is, we're
not her servants." Molly whined.
"She's a terrible person to cross. I think we
better do as she asks." Ethel said.
Molly muttered grumpily to herself. "She might
think she's a queen but she's not my queen."
The three sister witches set off to find the
dragon. Luckily, Ivy had her dowsing wand
with her, and she used this to guide them.
Whilst they were walking over a crumbling old
stone bridge, they heard a deep noise echoing
from below. Something big was lurking in the
shadows beneath the bridge. It growled again
and Ethel said sternly:
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