![]() ![]() He preferred a meal that he did not have to fight for but appetite had returned after a good long sleep. He had a wicked heart (as all dragons have), but not a very bold one (as is not unusual). "As you like," said Chrysophylax, licking his lips again, but pretending to close his eyes. "Who'd a' thought of seeing you here? I was just going for a ride. "Excuse me," said the dragon, "but were you looking for me by any chance?" When a “cunning, inquisitive, greedy, well-armored but not overly bold” dragon invades a kingdom, a most unwilling Farmer Giles is chosen to slay the dragon. This short novella is a delightfully complicated mock-heroic tale. Kocher, author of Master of Middle-earthįarmer Giles of Ham (The Rise and Wonderful Adventures of Farmer Giles, Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall and King of the Little Kingdom.) ![]() “A short prose meditation on the gift of fantasy, what it is, whence it comes, and what it means to the life and character of the man who receives it.” -Paul H. It is both homely and haunting, and in its way, almost literally bewitching.” - The New York Times Book Review “Like The Hobbit, this is first and foremost a good tale-dense and engrossing, full of unexpected turns. Smith of Wootton Major (A Tolkien faery-tale involving a smith, a cook, and faery magic) Tolkien with these classic fantasies that dazzle and delight. ![]()
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