From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   “The Dragon Awakes- a guest post by the Phantom"   
      
   https://accordingtohoyt.com/2025/10/20/the-dragon-awakes-a-guest   
   post-by-the-phantom/   
      
   “The dragon slowly became aware that something was tugging insistently   
   on his face. It wasn’t painful, more as if somebody had grabbed his   
   mustache and was gently pulling on it. He opened one basketball-sized   
   eye a crack and discovered a small boy, about eight years old, dressed   
   in some sort of colorful costume. Clearly not his, the outfit didn’t   
   come close to fitting properly. The little oil lamp on the ground was no   
   better than it needed to be, clearly something seized from the trash and   
   pressed into service. The boy had hold of his whiskers and was yanking   
   as hard as he could. Being a dragon bigger than a city bus, it didn’t   
   feel very hard. He opened his eye a little wider and looked at the boy,   
   who froze in mid-yank.”   
      
   ““Kid,” he inquired quietly, “do you really think that’s a good idea?   
   Pulling on a dragon’s whiskers like that?””   
      
   Lynn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)