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Once upon a time

A long, long, long... really long time ago,

at the very least, the day before yesterday

There was a far distant land

It was a really, really, really long way away,

at the very least, a mile past the end of your street

There was green grass, and tall trees. Blue Sky,

and the fluffiest whitest cloud's that there ever were,

and so many caves

that you could explore them all forever

and still not see every single one of them

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and in this land there lived a dragon...

he had green skin, with yellow spots,

the bluest eyes, you ever did see.

And the hair sprouting out of the top of his head...

was a bright, bright, bright, bright, red

and this dragons name

was Perilon

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Perilon lived in a two storey, terraced cave,

third cave-door down on the right.

Upstairs was the biggest best-est bedroom

in the whole wide world

and down stairs...

he had hot and cold running streams

and in the bath room

was the best of all....

on the far far wall,

a water fall,

just perfect for a morning shower

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Now one day poor, poor Perilon

had awoken with a cold,

his nose was almost

as red as the tuft of bright red hair

on top of his head

Now you might think that you have it rough

when you have a cold

but poor poor Perilon...

when ever he would sneeze...

"ahhh ahhh ahhh choooo"

a burst of flame would shoot out of

the end of his nose

Poor poor perilon

Laugh though you may,

but you try blowing your nose

when your tissues turn to ash at every sneeze

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Poor poor Perilon felt miserable.

Now he knew he had some medicine

and that the medicine would make his cold go away

but it tasted so disgusting, so awful, so decidedly gross

that it was even worse than Brussels sprouts.

so silly silly Perilon

refused to take it, and decided to see

if the cold would go away all on its own

He sat up in bed

and sneezed so hard...."ahh ahh ahhh chooo"

... that a flame shot out of his nose

The flame was so... so... so... very long

that it melted the night light candle next to his bed

into a boiling, bubbling puddle of wax

poor poor perilon

he sniffled and tried to go back to sleep

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Now word had soon gotten around

that Perilon was not feeling very well

and before long presents,

flowers and get well cards

started arriving at his cave

now wasn't that nice of every one.

Why even Mrs Warg Worm next door

had brought him up a box of candies

and a blanket she had spun

from her very own silk...

she said it was a magic blanket

that would

chase the cold away real fast.

Now you may well think

that anything made out of silk

from a warg worms bottom

is a very gross present indeed,

but once its washed

it makes the softest, warmest, cosiest

blanket in the whole wide world

and its flame proof too.

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Perilon wrapped the blanket

around his shoulders.

he felt awful

but... at least now

he had some presents to enjoy,

and all the good wishes

from all his friends

and all his neighbours

{all, he suspected, except...

little Jimmy Warthog from number 7

who was so mean

he would pull all the girls pigtails

and would trip up all the boys}

he grinned and opened the candies

and then...... you got it....

" ahh ahh ahhh choooooo "

all the candy melted

into gooey soggy bubbly mess

but still.....

he wouldn't take his medicine

Silly silly Perilon

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Perilon sniffed

he felt very ill indeed

and very, very, very miserable

his head ached, his throat hurt

and his whole body ached so bad

that he felt as though whole

herd of wart hogs had trampled all over him

Perilon pondered over wether it was possible

for Jimmy wart hog from number 7

to of trampled him whilst he was asleep

silly, silly Perilon

He slipped his feet

into his favourite fluffy bunny slippers

and pulled on his dressing gown

Then he picked up his bright red tooth brush,

his bubble gum flavour tooth paste

and then fetched a glass of water

so that... like all good dragons,

he could brush his teeth..

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Now even though poor Perilon felt so awful

that he was not hungry,

he knew, however, that breakfast

was the most important meal of the day

and so he fixed himself a cheese sandwich.

But when he went to take a bite

can you guess what happend?

" ahh ahh ahh choo "

another flame shot out of his nose

and hit the sandwich.

Right there and then it toasted it in a second

poor poor Perilon

he sniffed and ate the now toasted cheese sandwich

he smacked his lips with a loud, satisfied, pop

and followed it up with a nice cold glass of milk

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Poor poor Perilon was miserable

and now not only was he sneezing

but he was shivering too.

He sniffed and went back to bed

and yet still..

he wouldn't take his medicine

The sound of laughter drifted in

through the bedroom window.

he padded over to the window

to see what he could see

Out side the sun was shining

and all his friends

were out enjoying themselves,

and here he was...

stuck in the house all alone.

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"Come join us Perilon"

they shouted to him.

"Come out and play" they called,

as a bright blue balloon

they were batting to each other,

drifted past his window.

Perilon sniffled

and sadly shook his head

With a deep sigh

Perilon told his Friends

he couldn't come out to play

Perilon reached

out to bat the balloon back,

and can you guess?

that's right... "Ahhh ahhh ahhh choo"

and pop went the little blue balloon

 

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he watched

as the remains of the balloon

slowly flutter to the ground,

then he took his pocket money

out of his piggy bank,

and threw it down to his Friends

Poor poor Perilon sadly

watched them go

as they ran off to buy a new one

He felt very lonely.

ahhhh ahhh ahhhh chooo,

he sneezed

and climbed back into his bed,

feeling about as sorry for himself

as he ever could.

 

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and that was enough for Perilon

now he was feeling distinctly fed up

he grabed his medicine

from the bedside table

pinching his nose

so that he couldn't smell it

then pulled the ugliest,

most wrinkliest face you could imagine

and then quickly

gulped down the foul tasting brew.

with haste he poured himself a

cold chocolate milkshake

to chase away the nasty taste

and once again

"ahh ahh ahhh chooooo"

with another sneeze

it was instant hot chocolate

but it still chased away the nasty taste

and was very very yummy indeed

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and do you know

within just a day or so

Perilon was out in the sunshine,

playing with all his friends

and he swore that from now on

he would always take his

medicine when he was meant to.

Though of course

Mrs Warg Worm still says to this day

that it was the magic

she had spun into the blanket

that had chased the cold away

i guess we will never know.