The Fire Within
Chris D'Lacey
Language: English
Pages: 352
ISBN: 0439672449
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
When David moves in with Liz and Lucy, he discovers a collection of hand crafted, clay dragons that comes to life and has magical powers. David's personalized dragon, Gadzooks, can forecast the future, and inspires him to write a story which reveals the truth behind an unsolved mystery close to home. The story has an unhappy ending, and when David realizes the consequences of it he is angry. Then David finds Gadzooks crying and near death, and he discovers that these special dragons die when they are not loved. Soon David is forced to save his friend and unlock the powers of the fire within.
to the corners of his mouth and pushed his lips up into a grin. “It shmiled, like thish.” Lucy gaped in astonishment. “What’s its name?” “I don’t suppose he thought to ask,” said Liz. “Cutlery, please.” “Smiler!” Lucy shouted, opening the drawer. “I bet its name is Smiler!” She slapped a fork on the table in triumph. “That doesn’t sound right,” said David. “Well, that was Gawain’s turn,” Lucy said hotly. “Big Beam, then?” “Oh dear,” clucked Liz. “Imagine being stuck with a name like ‘Big
caves.” “They’re running!” cried Lucy. “The people are running!” David saw people gathering children, herding them into the shelter of the caves. “He has no wish to harm them,” said Liz. “His thunderous roar is an echo for himself, a reminder of times gone by when many dragons filled these mountains. But yes, the people fear him. His blazing breath sets fire to the rocks. Trees bend to the song of his wings. He settles and his feet make craters in the earth.” “I dream it,” said Lucy. David
brushes and sticks. Liz righted them and said, “David, behave, or you’ll have to leave.” “But Lucy said Guinevere was making fire.” Lucy stepped behind her mother to avoid eye contact. “They are dragons,” laughed Sophie. “What do you expect?” “Right,” said Liz, frowning at the tenant. She guided Sophie toward another shelf. David hung back to look closely at Guinevere. The red-haired girl from the dragon story had never really come up in his thoughts before. Why did she have a dragon named
mean?” “I have no idea,” said Sophie, looking puzzled and annoyed. “If you two want to be alone …?” said Liz. “We don’t,” Sophie bristled. “We came here together and we’re staying together. I don’t know what’s gotten into David today. He’s being very dull and boring and gloomy.” She snatched her hand away from his arm and pushed it into the pocket of her coat. David tried to explain: “I just thought if we searched in pairs we’d have a better chance of spotting one, that’s all.” “But that’s
her neck and looked down at Gadzooks. Around the room, dragons began to trill. Guinevere opened her stout front paws … and breathed a column of fire. Hrrrrrr. It engulfed Gadzooks in a ring of white light. The dragon twitched and lifted a foot. There was a crackling noise as his pointy ears rattled. A puff of steam came out of his nose. Then Gawain walked out of the shadows. There were gasps and much bowing of heads on the shelves. Gawain arched his mighty wings, leaned forward, and blew a