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I
thought I was a Dragon
Swimming
in the Sea
Awesome,
proud and fearsome
in
my mighty majesty !
The
winds will blow because I breathe.
Giants
quake in their knees,
The
clouds will tremble, mountains shake
A
Hurricane if I sneeze!
I
can make the waters dance
if
I splash my tail by chance!
So,
I took my fearsome Dragon stance
upon
my favorite rock,
and
gazed out across my Kingdom
from
this fitting lofty spot.
Such
high thoughts of self
one
day were chased away, when
an
earthquake trembled and
the
land rose up to say,
"Excuse
me, if you wouldn't mind,
I
wish to sun on this rock
for
a time."
A
mere Turtle wished to claim
my
royal Dragon's Rock!
In
my presence? On my rock?!
Allow
this I would not!!
I
rose up high and puffed out my chest.
And
I said with all my might:
"You
do not know with whom you jest!
I
am Narble the Dragon, the very best!!!
The
Turtle looked down at me
much
amused, and laughed
"You're
only a little nothing newt.
One
of a million I've seen today.
Puny
and insignificant.
So
now scoot newt! Get out of my way!!"
And
so as the Turtle mocked
I
left my favorite Dragon's rock.
Out
of the light and into the night,
I
headed off to far away.
Dark
and dreary, my eyes all teary,
I
traveled on through the night.
As
the sun rose full and bright,
I
found a spot on a crowded rock.
They
all appeared to me to be
the
million other newts
that
mean Turtle had said he'd seen.
As
the crowd crowded, I was pushed off the edge.
For
me there was no space!
So
I sank to the bottom,
way,
way down
to
a place where icky things lie.
Forever
in hours I stayed in this place,
and
I cried and cried and cried.
Then
there in the darkness
a
thought dawned on me;
maybe
there are a million other newts,
...but
just like me?
Why,
it just couldn't be!!
Narble,
I thought, this could be!
So
what if I'm not a Dragon
swimming
in the sea.
I
am what I am, and a glorious Newt I be !!
Smaller
than a Turtle, yet bigger than a Flea.
I
know now a Mighty Newt I be!
Narble
the magnifinewt!!!
That
sounds right to me!
The
end
If you enjoyed this story then also check out:
Narble Goes Fishing, the 3rd in the series
And also the 2nd Narble story: Narble in "The Tower"
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