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lead the dragon. The dragon,




         recognizing his defeat, followed




         him like a dog on a leash.




         St. George took the dragon back




         to Silene. There, he offered to




         kill the dragon if  the people




         would convert to Christianity.

 sword underneath the dragon’s   Fifteen thousand citizens became




 wing. The dragon fell at his feet,   Christians that day, including the




 mortally wounded. St. George   king of  Silene. St. George then




 took a girdle and secured it   cut off  the dragon’s head and the




 around the neck of  the dragon.   people of  Silene rejoiced.




 He  then  used  the  girdle  to
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