| The Magical Egg by Phyllis |
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| Kleine Lille was playing in the fallen leaves with Kleine Puki when she spied something on the ground. "Look, Puki! It looks like an Easter egg!"
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| She picked it up and was startled when it moved.
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"Here, Puki, would you like to hold it?"
"Yuck!" exclaimed Puki. "I don't like weird things. I'm going home."
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| Lille took the egg home and sang lullabies to it. "I wonder what kind of bird is inside?" she thought.
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That night, she cradled the egg in her arms as she slept. She dreamed of beautiful birds.
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In the morning, when she awakened, the egg was rocking back and forth, so she sang another lullaby. She saw it begin to crack...
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Then a small claw poked out of the crack. "I have never seen a bird foot like that!" Lille whispered. "Whatever can be in that egg?"
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Out crawled a pink dragon! "Are you my mommy?" it asked. "I love you! And I'm very hungry."
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Before the little dragon got any ideas about eating young maidens, Lille fed her some animal crackers.
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After munching through three boxes, the little dragon had grown into a big dragon!
Giving a huge burp, the dragon announced that her name was Ruby and that she would be Lille's friend forever. Lille gave her a kiss on her nose and both she and Ruby blushed with pleasure.
And they were true friends FOREVER!
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