a folk tale the cracow dragon

Retold
by
Jenny
Dooley
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H{gh on o
h(ll,
o long t(me
ogo,
l(ved
good
Ktng
Krok,
(n
old
Crocow
Ktng
Krok
llkes to lough
ond
donce
ond slng
But
todoy
he
(s
ongry.
Whot's wrong w(th the

Klngz
.47
"Thot
terr(ble
drogon hos
got
to
go!
But
how con thot
hoppen? Does
onyone
know?
My
people
ore
frightened,
ond they
ore
qu(te
r[ght!"
"The
drogon
comes
out
of
(ts
cove
every
n[ght!"

r
)
"lt's
eotlng
our
sheep ond
our
goots, you
knowl"
'lt's
fr(ghtenlng
everyone,
here
[n
Crocow!"
"The
drogon
must
d(e.
There's no other woyl"
"l
need o brove
mctn
-
ond
I
need hlm todoyl"
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r*
3

.la
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"The
mon who
con k(ll thts
terr(ble thing,
cctn morry
my
doughter ond
live ltke
o
k[ng!"
And
so,
lots of men
come
nedr to the
cove.
They're
oll
btg
ond strong
ond oll
very
brove!
tm
cntl
ffilil
tfm

A
big
bod
drogon
ts
wolk(ng
oreund,
scor(ng
the
people
who
l(ve
(n
our
town.
It's
eoting
our
goots
ond
oll
of
our
sheep!
It's
scor(ng
us
oll
ond
no

one
con
sleep!
Chorus:
Our
K(ng
(s
upset.
Someone
must
f(ght
the
terrible
drogon
-
we
need
o
brove
kn(ghfl
Repeat
chorus
e2)
Who
ccn
foce
the
drogon
ond
go

(nto
(ts
cove?
Who
con
ktll thot
owful
th(ng?
Who
con
be so
brove?
il
a
I
t-\
1
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1
r\
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4
Doy
ofter
doy, the
brove
men
dppeor.

-l'll
ktll the
drogon. l'll
use
my long
speorl-
But the
drogon
(s
clever,
ond
os
(t
turns
round,
ils
lr-rr{lrlt'trr(l
kn'cks
h{rn onl.
llrt,()r()rlr)dl
i
ll ;{
(t
Another brove
mcn
wonts
to
pleose
the King
the terrible

drogon
k(lls
the
mon wlth its
wing{
Another
goes
too neor
the
drogon's
big
heod.
drogon
breothes
fire ond
now
the mqn's
deodl
The
The
brove
men
ore
fr(ghtened
ond
no one
goes
bock.
Then Skubo,
the shoemoker,

goes
to
K(ng
Krok.
He's
got
on
(deo.
He
knows
whot to
do.
"l
know
how
to
k(ll
the
drogon
for
youl"
(a
N
"Just
bring
me some
sulphur,
o
needle ond
threod.

I
promlse
tomorrow thot thtng
wfll
be deod!
And
bring
me the
skin of
one of
your
sheepl
There's no
need
to worry. You
con
oll
go
to sleep!'
So, oll through the ntght,
he
works
on h(s
plon.
And
everyone
osks,
"Who
(s
this

young
mdn?"
"He's
putting
the sulphur
(ns(de
the sheepsklnl"
"Whot
(s
he mok(ng?
Whot o
very stronge th(ngl"
fhe
Shffi
'$
Flm
Sulphur!
Sheepsk(n! Needle!
Threodl
And
by
tomorrow the
drogon's deod?
Sulphurl
Sheepskin! Needlel
Threodl
Who
(s
thts
Skubo?

He's lost
h(s heod!
He's
just
o
shoemoker, thot
(s
true.
But he's
got
o
plon.
He
knows
whot to
w.
do.
ilM
Sulphurl
Sheepskin! Needle!
Threodl
And
by tomorrow the
drogon's
deod?
Sulphurl
Sheepskin! Needle!
Threod!
Who
(s

this
Skuba? He's
lost
h(s heod!
He's
just
o shoemo.ker, thot
is
true.
But he's
got
o
plon.
He
knows
whot
to
do.
lz*"
And
so
the
next doy
he
ploces
the
sheep
outs(de
the cove,
when

the drogon's
osleepl
The
drogon
[s hungry,
so
when
it wokes
up,
(t
eots
up
the
sheep
with
one
greot
b(g
gulpl
"My
tummy's on firel
I'm
dylng,
I think!
Where
ts
the rtver?
|
must hove o
drink!"

It
dr(nks
ond
(t
drinks
ond
very
soon,
lts tummy
goes
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l(ke o
porty
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