Give a Dragon a Cookie
by Lester D. CrawfordJane noticed sitting on the windowsill an arm’s length dragon that shimmered red and green and silver and gold.
“You’re beautiful. Here.” She gave the dragon a cookie.
The dragon chirped, took the cookie, and flew away.
When Sally entered, Jane said, “I saw a colorful dragon.”
“Those are Christmas dragons.”
“New to me. I gave it a cookie.”
“No! It’ll bring others. Quick, run.”
Sally and Jane ran out of the house.
An ever-growing flock of iridescent dragons descended on the house covering it until it collapsed under the mass.
Jane said, “Lesson learned: Don’t feed the Christmas dragons.”
This is my 100-word Christmas story for 2019.
Stories submitted by other writers are here Advent Ghosts 2019: The Stories.
Years ago, I was inspired to attempt writing a 100-word Christmas story by Loren Eaton of the I Saw Lightning Fall blog. I tend toward long stories, so a 100-word story seemed like something I might not be able to do. I began typing, finished the story, and had exactly 100-words. I was surprised I did it first try. (Read it here. Click 100-word Christmas Stories to see all of them. Some are better than others, but they were all fun to write.) Now, every year, I write a 100-word Christmas story. It’s always fun.
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And here I thought it was bad enough to feed mice! Very nicely done, Lester.
Well done, Lester.
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn you are descended from Vikings.
100-word stories are amazingly easy to pen. And it’s a good exercise for those of us who have trouble “killing our darlings”. Love your Christmas dragons!
Fun and also creepy!
I loved it! My wife kinda, sorta, says the same thing about me when we’re around people. “Don’t encourage my husband, he’ll only get worse.”
Worse, I just call it “fun.”
Thanks for a wonderful story!
That sounds a lot like me and cats.
I want a Christmas dragon!!! I won’t feed it cookies though.
That would be my worst nightmare!