The Green Dragon

By Robert Mayfield

On bright sunny afternoons Beauty the unicorn likes to take Rosalinda for a ride in St Leonard’s Forest. Then one day they meet the pixies in a beautiful hidden valley deep in the heart of the forest. The pixies warn Rosalinda that the monstrous green dragon is hunting for Beauty, her unicorn.
In this wildly madcap adventure Greatlion and Barnie come face to face with the monster and there follows a furious battle. Another monster makes an appearance much to their relief. By the time the flying castle returns home it is in a very sorry state of repair!
Rosalinda goes off in search of Beauty, and, luckily for her, fate steps in and plays an unexpected card, for much to the surprise of both Rosalinda and the dragon, she escapes becoming a very tasty morsel when an unexpected guest drops in!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Mayfield
• Release date: Oct 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465759269

Robert Mayfield

Having spent a few of my early years literally ‘at sea’ I gained a few qualifications and began teaching English and History. With the opportunity of having group of potential actors on my hands I began writing short plays. A very battered old History book prompted me into considering periods like the Ice Age, and this in turn led to my writing The Time Chase in 1983 to show the effect of climate change through the adventures of Robin Aide and the great wizard Ubiquitous. It was in this story that Lucky Jim the tiny green genie came to life.I then got into lyric writing and I adapted The Ring in the Rough Stuff by Antonia Barber as a play and then a musical, which ended up reaching the finals of the Barclays Youth Music Theatre Awards in 1987/8 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.The interest in music led onto the formation of the Blue Flash Music Trust and the discovery of the wonderful acoustics of the Horsham Town Hall. Access to the hall became increasingly difficult and to keep the idea of this unique and iconic building alive I wrote Dan Roberts’ Dream in 2005. Dan Roberts was the custodian of the Town Hall for the then Duke of Norfolk in the 18th century, and legend has it that he is haunting the Town Hall until it becomes famous once again. It was the delving into the life and times of Dan Roberts that sparked off The Flying Castle Stories.

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The Green Dragon

By

Robert Mayfield

Illustrations by John Wakefield

Copyright © Robert Mayfield 2011 Smashwords Edition

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Chapter One

The Warning

It was a strange kind of weather for May; the wind whistled through the trees tearing at the branches and tugging at coats and hats. It whistled through the turrets and rattled at the windows. The wind had a story to tell and all that people could do was to button up their coats, close the doors and turn away muttering that this was not the right kind of weather for May.

Mum do you remember I was telling you about the hall and how I had dreamt about it and some of the things around it like the bear and the lion? said Jack.

Yes I remember; that was the time I thought I met that little pixie Seamus…. replied his mother.

And I stopped chewing my thumb, continued Jack.

So what are you trying to say then Jack?

Well when I was walking past the hall on the way home I noticed that there is a horse on the front with a long pointed thing sticking out of its head. What kind of animal is that? asked Jack.

It’s a unicorn. You know; the nursery rhyme about the lion and the unicorn, she replied.

Well something funny must have happened to that unicorn because it has got new front legs.

That sounds odd, mumbled his mother, rapidly losing interest in the conversation on discovering that her white wash had changed colour and she was now looking at a pile of bright red sheets! Oh heavens, what has happened now? I checked everything in those sheets!

Ignoring his mother’s wails Jack climbed up the stairs to his bedroom his mind as full as ever of the mystery of the unicorn. As his head hit the pillow he went straight off to sleep, and it was then that the story of the unicorn came to life before his very eyes.

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