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what Happens Next

Good! We got back just in time! Just in time for the party. Everyone, even Droopsy the dog, is

at the party. It’s the night before Nyssmah and Alladrio’s wedding and it seems as though everyone

in the castle is as happy as can be. There are parades and jugglers and puppet shows and marching

bands. There are elephants trumpeting, horses neighing and All Sorts of Animals making All Sorts

of Noises.

“Look at all these animals!” shouted the King over the noise. “There must be every animal in

the world here!”

“Yes,” said the Royal Steward, who was also very old now. “Every animal in the world, except

dragons!”

“That’s right!” said the Ring. “There are no dragons.” Then he thought about the time when

Princess Nyssmah was a little girl and she had a pet dragon. “I wonder what that baby dragon is

doing now?” the Ring asked the Royal Steward.

“Probably carrying off princesses and eating them,” said the Royal Steward matter-of-factly.

“Probably,” said the Ring. But somehow he could not imagine our Dragon carrying off

princesses and eating them.

Meanwhile, Brophy had heard every word of the Ring and the Royal Steward’s conversation

and it gave him an idea. It was a rotfen idea. It was such a rotten idea, in fact, that when Brophy

thought of it, his eyes turned from blue to brown - and they never turned back.

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