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Dragon: Drop that Icon!
She stood her ground. “Oh, yes, I know who you are and what you
are. But let me introduce myself: I am Mikhaila Lobachevskaya,
assistant editor of Russian Homes and Gardens. We are very interested
in publishing an article on our country’s leading dragon caves and
grottoes. Perhaps you would like to be included; several of your peers
have expressed interest, and I am looking for the best-decorated
caves in this area. May I come in and look around?”
The dragon roared, shaking a blackened branch off an incinerated
tree behind Mikhaila. She smiled ingratiatingly.
“Nobody enters my cave but me!” screamed the massive reptile,
advancing a few steps closer to the girl and showing her a gleaming
double row of fangs and molars. “And if I detect any trespassers, I
hunt them down and reduce them to ashes!”
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