Dragon Colouring Story Competition Winner 2004
Rainbow Dragon the Myth
by Emily Di Lorenzo-Slater
Chester was an only child. He lived with his mother Lucy and his father Mike in Perth, Australia. Lucy and Mike were museum curators and their next assignment was to find artefacts in China. Chester hated these trips because they were boring, and he always had to find ways to entertain himself. His parents took him along because they thought it would be educational.
Chester helped his dad take the suitcases out of the attic. While up there he found an old backpack that his father took with him on his last expedition to China. He asked his father if he could use it to put his stuff in to take on the plane. His father said yes. While packing the backpack, Chester found an old map in one of the pockets. He stared at the map for quite a while. It was a map of an unnamed village, showing details of houses, farms, and figures walking along a gravel path, but what caught Chester’s attention, was a picture of a dragon near a cave, at the bottom right hand corner. The dragon was brightly coloured. Every scale on his body was a different colour. He then heard his mother call him for dinner, so he quickly folded the map and put it away in his backpack.
During dinner Chester was very quiet. All he could think about was getting back to his room and his map. For the first time he was excited about going on a trip with his parents. Chester gulped down his dinner then raced back to his room, telling his parents he has lots of packing to do.
Chester couldn’t sleep that night, just thinking about the map and his trip. He just wanted morning to come so they could get to the airport. At last he nodded off, and was woken by his alarm clock. He jumped out of bed and got dressed. He raced into his parent’s room and found them already awake and dressed. His parents had never seen him this excited about a trip. They were pleased.
They finally arrived at the airport, and boarded the plane. ‘Only 10 hours’, thought Chester, he knew the time would go slowly. Luckily for Chester, because he hadn’t slept much the night before, he fell asleep on the plane and woke as they were about to land in China.
Even though they had landed in China, they still had a long bus ride into the country to the village. A few hours later they were at a village with gravel paths, oak and wattle trees and underground houses made of wood, plastics and metal they bought from the market down the road. Chester unpacked and had his dinner, then went to bed. He pulled the map out of his bag and noticed it looked exactly like the village.
The next morning while his parents were looking for artefacts, Chester went exploring. He looked at the map and headed towards the paddocks. In the distance he could see cows and sheep just like on the map. So he continued to walk north. Once, he stopped to have a drink and something to eat from the lunch he packed. A cow walked up from behind Chester and knocked his head in a different direction. In the distance he saw a cave so he began to walk to it.
Chester walked into the cave down a hole. He saw some sunlight through a hole in the roof, on the floor in the sunlight there was another map. On the map was a dragon, exactly the same one on his dads map. The dragon was floating over a village with a goldish-yellow opal, the size of a tennis ball. Chester continued his journey and found himself in a big space with a table in the middle. He examined this room and found a button in the middle of the table. Chester pressed the button without fear or without thinking. All of a sudden a rock was lifted from under the table. Chester recognised the rock instantly - it was the opal in the second map. Chester grabbed the opal and ran through a door that just opened for some reason. Chester found another room with a big ice sculpture of a dragon. It had faint colours if looked closely. Chester put the opal on a metre high stone pillar and all of a sudden the opal sunk into the stone. The ice sculpture melted and the dragon inside of the ice faded away, and another door opened which led to a way out. Chester ran outside and saw the dragon over the village, everyone in the village just continued with their gardening, cooking and cleaning, they didn’t notice the dragon. Chester ran to the village and told all the villagers that there is a rainbow dragon floating above them. All the villagers looked, but none of them saw a dragon floating above them. So they went on with their jobs. Chester went into his underground house excited and confused. He fell asleep until he was called for dinner. Chester enjoyed his dinner of hot chicken curry. He went outside and the dragon was still there but everyone still could not see it. Chester found that the dragon had gotten hold of the gold opal and the opal’s colour was fading.
All the villagers saw the dragon now for some reason. The dragon dropped the opal and it fell straight into Chester’s arms, the opal is now drained of its colour. Rainbow coloured beams of light came from the dragon’s claws, horns and its whiskers. The village people muttered something in Chinese.
Chester’s mum and dad came out of their house and began to stare. The villagers said that the dragon is a myth and it absorbs the colour out of the opal to power up and he uses his powers to help the villagers. The dragon was also resistant to human weapons, and he was the protector of the village.
The dragon fell asleep and hid behind a blackberry bush and started to snore. The villagers began to look for a scroll or parchment to find how to tame and wake the dragon. Chester searched his bag for his dad’s map and gave it to the villagers. They all look for a note on the front but there was one on the back but it was in Chinese. The villagers translated: “To wake the dragon click your fingers twice and repeat 3 times, to tame the dragon you must feed it many different kinds of food it likes and you will win its respect”. So that night they tamed the dragon while Chester was asleep.
The next morning it was time to leave. Chester packed the opal in a safe spot in his suitcase. With all the excitement of finding the dragon, his parents didn’t spend much time looking for their artefacts, so Chester said he would lend his opal to the museum. His parents were very proud of him.
Chester thought back to when he was first told about this trip. He was sure he was going to have a boring holiday, but instead, he discovered an opal, unleashed a dragon and had heaps of fun.
He couldn’t wait for his next trip and the adventures it might bring.
The End……….
by Emily Di Lorenzo-Slater
Chester was an only child. He lived with his mother Lucy and his father Mike in Perth, Australia. Lucy and Mike were museum curators and their next assignment was to find artefacts in China. Chester hated these trips because they were boring, and he always had to find ways to entertain himself. His parents took him along because they thought it would be educational.
Chester helped his dad take the suitcases out of the attic. While up there he found an old backpack that his father took with him on his last expedition to China. He asked his father if he could use it to put his stuff in to take on the plane. His father said yes. While packing the backpack, Chester found an old map in one of the pockets. He stared at the map for quite a while. It was a map of an unnamed village, showing details of houses, farms, and figures walking along a gravel path, but what caught Chester’s attention, was a picture of a dragon near a cave, at the bottom right hand corner. The dragon was brightly coloured. Every scale on his body was a different colour. He then heard his mother call him for dinner, so he quickly folded the map and put it away in his backpack.
During dinner Chester was very quiet. All he could think about was getting back to his room and his map. For the first time he was excited about going on a trip with his parents. Chester gulped down his dinner then raced back to his room, telling his parents he has lots of packing to do.
Chester couldn’t sleep that night, just thinking about the map and his trip. He just wanted morning to come so they could get to the airport. At last he nodded off, and was woken by his alarm clock. He jumped out of bed and got dressed. He raced into his parent’s room and found them already awake and dressed. His parents had never seen him this excited about a trip. They were pleased.
They finally arrived at the airport, and boarded the plane. ‘Only 10 hours’, thought Chester, he knew the time would go slowly. Luckily for Chester, because he hadn’t slept much the night before, he fell asleep on the plane and woke as they were about to land in China.
Even though they had landed in China, they still had a long bus ride into the country to the village. A few hours later they were at a village with gravel paths, oak and wattle trees and underground houses made of wood, plastics and metal they bought from the market down the road. Chester unpacked and had his dinner, then went to bed. He pulled the map out of his bag and noticed it looked exactly like the village.
The next morning while his parents were looking for artefacts, Chester went exploring. He looked at the map and headed towards the paddocks. In the distance he could see cows and sheep just like on the map. So he continued to walk north. Once, he stopped to have a drink and something to eat from the lunch he packed. A cow walked up from behind Chester and knocked his head in a different direction. In the distance he saw a cave so he began to walk to it.
Chester walked into the cave down a hole. He saw some sunlight through a hole in the roof, on the floor in the sunlight there was another map. On the map was a dragon, exactly the same one on his dads map. The dragon was floating over a village with a goldish-yellow opal, the size of a tennis ball. Chester continued his journey and found himself in a big space with a table in the middle. He examined this room and found a button in the middle of the table. Chester pressed the button without fear or without thinking. All of a sudden a rock was lifted from under the table. Chester recognised the rock instantly - it was the opal in the second map. Chester grabbed the opal and ran through a door that just opened for some reason. Chester found another room with a big ice sculpture of a dragon. It had faint colours if looked closely. Chester put the opal on a metre high stone pillar and all of a sudden the opal sunk into the stone. The ice sculpture melted and the dragon inside of the ice faded away, and another door opened which led to a way out. Chester ran outside and saw the dragon over the village, everyone in the village just continued with their gardening, cooking and cleaning, they didn’t notice the dragon. Chester ran to the village and told all the villagers that there is a rainbow dragon floating above them. All the villagers looked, but none of them saw a dragon floating above them. So they went on with their jobs. Chester went into his underground house excited and confused. He fell asleep until he was called for dinner. Chester enjoyed his dinner of hot chicken curry. He went outside and the dragon was still there but everyone still could not see it. Chester found that the dragon had gotten hold of the gold opal and the opal’s colour was fading.
All the villagers saw the dragon now for some reason. The dragon dropped the opal and it fell straight into Chester’s arms, the opal is now drained of its colour. Rainbow coloured beams of light came from the dragon’s claws, horns and its whiskers. The village people muttered something in Chinese.
Chester’s mum and dad came out of their house and began to stare. The villagers said that the dragon is a myth and it absorbs the colour out of the opal to power up and he uses his powers to help the villagers. The dragon was also resistant to human weapons, and he was the protector of the village.
The dragon fell asleep and hid behind a blackberry bush and started to snore. The villagers began to look for a scroll or parchment to find how to tame and wake the dragon. Chester searched his bag for his dad’s map and gave it to the villagers. They all look for a note on the front but there was one on the back but it was in Chinese. The villagers translated: “To wake the dragon click your fingers twice and repeat 3 times, to tame the dragon you must feed it many different kinds of food it likes and you will win its respect”. So that night they tamed the dragon while Chester was asleep.
The next morning it was time to leave. Chester packed the opal in a safe spot in his suitcase. With all the excitement of finding the dragon, his parents didn’t spend much time looking for their artefacts, so Chester said he would lend his opal to the museum. His parents were very proud of him.
Chester thought back to when he was first told about this trip. He was sure he was going to have a boring holiday, but instead, he discovered an opal, unleashed a dragon and had heaps of fun.
He couldn’t wait for his next trip and the adventures it might bring.
The End……….
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