Like a Cat with a Mouse
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 86781
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The dragon's moon-shadow fell across the area where Fred had thought that
Astra and Thomas might be, making it hard for him to see anything. Then
the dragon's head emerged from the water. It had something trapped in its
jaws. Fred realised with horror that it must be either Thomas or Astra,
but it was impossible to tell which. Whoever it was had lost their sword.
Their head, shoulders and arms stuck out of the beast's maw on the left
and their legs to mid-thigh protruded on the right. Their arms and legs
were thrashing about, but to no avail; whoever it was was held fast.
The dragon had only to clamp its jaws firmly shut and its unfortunate victim would be bitten into three pieces. But it evidently did not choose to do that, holding the figure firmly but relatively gently, as a cat might do with a mouse that it was bringing as an offering to its master. Perhaps it wanted to take whoever it was as a prisoner, to question them about who was behind the attack. Of course, there was also an implicit threat that if anyone tried to attack it it would make a swift end of their comrade.
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JH (sorry for having taken so long - now edited to add a sentence at the end)
6/13/2009 1:46:57 PM
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