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FEATURED STORY: Dragon Wings
There was only one thing Victoria Dragon could not do, and it was the very thing she wanted to do most of all. Victoria Dragon wanted to fly, but she could not because her wings had not grown in yet. Victoria was not happy.
On the very day she turned three years and three months and three days old, Victoria decided to ask the Great High Wizard of Winged Things to give her magic to help her wings grow.
From American Monsoon Madness
Like a windblown tumbleweed, Vinnie Javelina barrels out of the cave near the prickly pear cactus each morning. He is fast and loud from dawn to dusk.
His twin Victor Javelina raises his sleepy head to watch the shadows shift as the sun rises on the Sonora desert. He wanders outside and stretches.
From Danny Lion
The rose looked down from the trellis and sniffed, "Who are you?"
The spring sun peeked over the garden wall and revealed a new flower. She had a golden floppy mop top and strong roots.
"I'm not sure," she said, "I just bloomed."
From Tuk-tuk: A Tale of the Tundra
At the aerial crossroads of the world, Tuk-tuk the collard lemming heard sound that made him run behind a hummock to hide.
"Hike!" The Inuit driver cried to the sled dogs. "Hike!"
Tuk-tuk was almost ready for Arctic winter.
From One Freckled Gecko
There's one freckled gecko in a ginkgo tree.
Do you hear a snicker?
Two snakes snicker at one freckled gecko in a ginkgo tree.
Do you hear a titter?
Three toads titter, two snakes snicker at one freckled gecko in a ginkgo tree.
Do you hear a chortle?
Four turtles chortle, three toads titter, two snakes snicker at one freckled gecko in a ginkgo tree.
