Flying is just something I do. It’s something I do all the time, every day, sometimes even for the entire day. It’s just normal to me. I fly to get where I want to go, to spot things to catch and eat, to explore, to see above the horizon, to feel safe, and, most importantly, because I enjoy it. I really never thought a whole lot about what it’d be like to not be able to fly.


But what if I couldn’t fly? I see creatures on the ground all the time. Do they want to fly? Do they think about it? I’d never really thought about whether or not they thought about it either, until….


This human. He was trying to fly. Today, I saw him. He had wings. Dragon wings! Well, kind of… His dragon wings weren’t nearly as nice as mine and I know they’re not going to work because there’s no way a human is going to flap these dragon wings, but I’ve never seen a human try this before. He must want to fly, like, really, really want to fly. He wants to fly like dragons do. That is fascinating.


So, when I saw him, I landed a ways away and snuck over. Unfortunately, I’m huge, and he saw me. I just wanted to see what he was doing with those dragon wings of his but he ran from me. So rude! Oh I wouldn’t do anything horrible like eat him…. Nah. Not this one. I will guiltily admit, however, I trotted after him for a little while and roared a few times just to be extra scary.


He left this book though. I kind of … uhh… also admit I scared him away on purpose to get the book. Shhh, don’t tell anybody. It’s a really, really good one though. The pages are so nice and crisp. It’s got that wonderful new book ink smell. And what’s inside….. Wow! Guides on how to make dragon wings. Oh this is going to be one of my favorite books.