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Legend of the Dragon Breath – part 3
The castle besieged
for more than a year,
Efforts nought but failure
such a ruinous affair,
Nor any of the prophet
learned men all claimed wise,
Could ever put a silence
to the thing they despised.
One brave soul suggested
waters from a nearby stream,
A scholar of contraption
devised a mobile water wheel,
Atop the liquid tanker
as far as anyone could tell,
He mounted his water cannon
the weapon he prized so well.
The inventor rode his ward
nose first and full of pride,
Twenty men below him
laboured in pushing his charge.
Cheers ran rampant then
hopes renewed so high,
Even the king bid it God speed
unaware it was goodbye.
True to its name
the fire breath of death,
For the dragon once again
distracted from its mirth,
Released the horrors of Hades
like a phoenix burst on its rebirth,
Sent men, carriage and device to oblivion
back to old dusty earth.
For fortune shines not
on that gloomy day,
Utterly failing
to hold the dragon at bay.
Many came in
but none came out,
A sad bad day
for the unfortunate louts.
The court bard once in exquisite drag
now all torn to ragtag drab,
So came forth he did
with a song in mind,
Composed a lengthy ode
in dedication to all... and so it wrote,
A dark history it note, such a sad tale kind,
Brave souls lost to the misfortunes of times.
Twas hard to find humour
in a place that lost honour,
Nothing went right
no matter how hard they fight,
And nothing seemed fair
only cold death in the air.
These thoughts plagued the king,
As he listened to his legacy in ruins.
And so the song goes
more tragedy than tale,
To push on his lord
for a resolution that wont fail,
Many outrageous proposal
incorporated in the song,
For these must be done to console his king
stringing his harp he went out to sing.
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Legend of the Dragon Breath part 2 is second part of a tale about a dragon who lost his gold and his adventure and how a kingdom tries to defend against it.
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- Legend of the Dragon Breath - Part 4
Legend of the Dragon Breath part 4 is fourth part of a tale about a dragon who lost his gold and how it continue to wreck havoc on the land. The citizen of the land have suffer and have cried out help to the ancient gods