PATRICK

TAIL

GRANDMOTHER

GRANDFATHER 

My name is Tail, I'm an orphan dragon.

My parents were caught and killed by humans, and I got away and I accidentally ended up trapped, and that's how a little boy named Patrick found me.

Patrick freed me from the trap and hid me in the garage of his house.

Patrick named me Tail, probably because of my long tail, and said that tomorrow morning I'd go to his grandparents' house which is away from villages and there he'll build me a shelter. He went into the house and brought me blanket and something to eat.

The night passed and the boy came with a backpack for me to hide inside, and we went in the mountains to Patrick's grandparents' house.

GRANDPARENTS LOG CABIN.

-Hello, Patrick! What a pleasant surprise!

- Of course, what's this all about?

-Hello, grandparents!

I need your help!

- First I want to tell you not to be scared and keep what I'm showing you a secret.

Patrick brings the backpack in front of him, and gently gets me out of it. His grandparents are amazed and the boy tells them how we met and that he wants me to hide with them .

-Patrick, but is it not dangerous, asks Grandpa?

-"Grandpa, I want to help him," Patrick said.

- Okay, we'll hide him until he grows up.

- Thank you, I knew I could count on you.

-Tail, sit tight in the garden while we make you a shelter, said Patrick!

Grandpa and Patrick started building and Grandma would bring them hot doughnuts and lemonade.

Night fell and Patrick asked his parents to be allowed to sleep at the grandparents' house, especially since the weekend was coming.

He gets his parents' permission to stay with his grandparents all weekend.

He wanted to stay with me to help me get used to hiding.

 That weekend we played and he tried to show me how far I'm allowed to walk so I don't meet other people.

The grandparents had gotten used to me, and I was even welcomed into the house.

-Tail, I'm starting school tomorrow and I have to go, says Patrick.

- I promise I'll visit you every weekend, you sit tight and listen to my grandparents.

TAIL CABIN 

Years passed and I was still at Patrick's grandparents, who took care of me.

Grandpa read a lot of books about dragons to learn how to raise me, feed me and most importantly to teach me how to fly. I was flying only late in the evening and very early in the morning so no one would see me.

Patrick came every weekend and vacation to visit me, even had the courage to introduce me to his parents.