So then the dragon he came out, blowing fire out of his nose, and he said-- 'Come on, you valiant man and true, I'd like to have a set-to along of you!' (That's bad English .-- ED.

I don't care; it's what the dragon said.

Who told you dragons didn't talk bad English ?--Noel.) So the hero, whose name was Noeloninuris, replied-- 'My blade is sharp, my axe is keen, You're not nearly as big As a good many dragons I've seen.' (Don't put in so much poetry, Noel.

It's not fair, because none of the others can do it .-- ED.) And then they went at it, and he beat the dragon, just as he did the Head in Dicky's part of the Story, and so he married the Princess, and they lived--- (No they didn't--not till the last chapter .-- ED.) -- ---------- CHAPTER VI--by H.O.
I think it's a very nice Story--but what about the mice?
I don't want to say any more.

Dora can have what's left of my chapter.
-- ---------- CHAPTER VII--by the Editors And so when the dragon was dead there were lots of mice, because he used to kill them for his tea but now they rapidly multiplied and ravaged the country, so the fair lady Alicia, sometimes called the Princess, had to say she would not marry any one unless they could rid the country of this plague of mice.