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This was in a part of the land a long way froone off on a long expedition, and taking advantage of his ht or tay fro the eaves of a wood, when he turned a corner and ca smell; he ran indeed slap into the tail of Chrysophylax Dives, who had just landed Never did a dog turn his own tail round and bolt ho his yelp, turned and snorted; but Garht, and arrived home about breakfast-time

&039;Help! help! help!&039; he cried outside the back door

Giles heard, and did not like the sound of it It reswell

&039;Wife, let that dratted dog in,&039; said he, &039;and take a stick to hi into the kitchen with his eyes starting and his tongue hanging out &039;Help!&039; he cried

&039;Nohat have you been a-doing this tie at hiive heed to the sausage

&039;Well, stop doing it, or I&039;ll skin you,&039; said the far I didn&039;t on accidental-like, and it frightened on?&039; said he &039;Drat you for a good-for-nothing nosey-Parker! What d&039;you want to go and find a dragon for, at this time of the year, and me with my hands full? Where was it?&039;

&039;Oh! North over the hills and far away, &039;beyond the Standing Stones and all,&039; said the dog

&039;Oh, away there!&039; said Giles, hty relieved &039;They&039;re queer folk in those parts, I&039;ve heard tell, and aught et on with it! Don&039;t coot out, and spread the news all over the village He did not forget to mention that his master was not scared in the least &039;Quite cool he was, and went on with his breakfast&039;

People chatted about it pleasantly at their doors &039;How like old ti, too So seasonable How pleased the King will be! He will be able to have Real Tail this Christon, it appeared, was exceptionally large and ferocious He was doing terrible dahts?&039; people began to say

Others had already asked the sa froes most afflicted by Chrysophylax, and they said to him as loudly and as often as they dared: &039;Lord, what of your knights?&039;

But the knights did nothing; their knowledge of the dragon was still quite unofficial So the King brought thefor necessary action at their early convenience He was greatly displeased when he found that their convenience would not be early at all, and was indeed daily postponed

Yet the excuses of the knights were undoubtedly sound First of all, the Royal Cook had alreadya ood ti in a real tail at the last minute He was a very valuable servant

&039;Never mind the Tail! Cut his head off and put an end to hies most nearly affected

But Christrand tournahts ofto compete for a valuable prize It was obviously unreasonable to spoil the chances of the Midland Knights by sending their best on-hunt before the tournament was over

After that caon had ht of New Year&039;s Day people could see a blaze in the distance The dragon had settled in a wood about ten on when he felt in the mood