On St. George's Day, as some of Algy's longstanding friends will know, Algy always keeps a lookout for dragons, in case he can assist them in any way on this most dangerous day of the year (for dragons)…
And – oddly enough – Algy does always seem to meet a dragon of some kind on this day… but perhaps it is only because he is paying special attention to looking for them…
Algy had planned to go out and about adventuring on this particular St. George's Day, and the day did dawn bright and sunny, but there was a surprisingly cold wind which whistled through his ear feathers in a rather painful way, chilling his enthusiasm considerably. And so, on reflection, Algy thought that maybe he would stay in the relative shelter of the garden after all, even though it reduced his chances of meeting a dragon.
Recalling that his good friend @zemagltd had told him that although he was very fond of rhubarb it was almost impossible to find it in Portugal, Algy fluttered down to the bottom of his assistants' kitchen garden to inspect the early rhubarb patch, in the hope of sending his friend some fine virtual rhubarb at least, although sadly he could not send the real thing…
But rhubarb was not all that Algy found at the bottom of the garden, for there, sheltering beneath the large umbrella leaves of the thriving plants, was a tiny baby dragon. Of course Algy should not have been surprised, given that it was St. George's Day, but on the one hand he had never met such a tiny dragon before, and on the other hand he hardly expected to find one among the rhubarb!
Perching gently on a leaf beside the tiny creature, Algy asked it what it was doing there.
The baby dragon giggled, looked up at Algy, and squeaked "Don't you know? Baby dragons are always left under rhubarb leaves." 😀
