Opening, part 2 · page 21 2101I do not care for public life," he said.102Of course he knew his way onto his own page, so there was no danger of his opening the book at the wrong page and letting out a Dragon or anything.103So he got back into his picture and has never come out since: That is why you will never see a Manticora as long as you live, except in a picture-book.104And of course he left the kitties outside, because there was no room for them in the book--and the milk cans too.checked by a teacher105Then the Rocking Horse begged to be allowed to go and live on the Hippogriff's page of the book. "106I should like," he said, "to live somewhere where Dragons can't get at me."107So the beautiful, white-winged Hippogriff showed him the way in, and there he stayed till the King had him taken out for his great-great-great-great-grandchildren to play with.108As for the Hippogriff, he accepted the position of the King's Own Rocking Horse--a situation left vacant by the retirement of the wooden one.109And the Blue Bird and the Butterfly sing and flutter among the lilies and roses of the Palace garden to this very day.1 2← previousOpening, part 1next →Opening, part 3↑ back to The Book of DragonsThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/page/2/