The Dragon's Christmas Gift

By Terence O'Grady

Fellow dragons Bostwick and Mortimer live in a cave on top of a mountain overlooking the nearby village. Although they love their home on the mountain’s peak, Bostwick grows more curious about the villagers below as they began to prepare for Christmas. He sneaks into the village at night to investigate the situation but leaves more puzzled than ever about Christmas and what it means.

But as the eve of Christmas arrives, so does a storm. And with a deadly avalanche looming, the entire village and all its inhabitants are now in grave danger. With a disaster of mythical proportions approaching, only two mythical beasts have the power to stop it, save Christmas, and discover for themselves and the village what “peace on earth, good will to all” really means.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terence O'Grady
• Release date: Nov 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311782410

Terence O'Grady

A musicologist by profession, I've written two music-themed mysteries (The Beethoven Quandary and The Mephisto Mysteries) as well as a handful of children’s books in a variety of genres.

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The Dragon’s Christmas Gift

Terence O’Grady

Copyright 2013 Terence O’Grady

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A Knightly Visit

Chapter 2: Bostwick’s Curiosity

Chapter 3: A Visit from Mom

Chapter 4: The First Snow

Chapter 5: Exploring the Village

Chapter 6: Christmas Is Someone’s Birthday

Chapter 7: The Storm Threatens

Chapter 8: Bostwick Takes Action

Chapter 9: Help on the Way

Chapter 10: A Bad Situation Gets Worse

Chapter 11: Peace on Earth and Good Will toward All

Chapter 1: A Knightly Visit

Bostwick the dragon peered gloomily out his window. It was an overcast day. Not really gray, but certainly not bright. He wasn’t really sad on this particular day, but he certainly wasn’t particularly happy either. He knew that he often felt just a little melancholy at this time of year—the early days of winter— and he was just beginning to figure out why.

Bostwick breathed a heavy sigh. Yes, he was missing something. He looked over to his longtime friend, Mortimer, sprawled heavily on a near-by rock. Mortimer, also a dragon of course, was a little shorter than Bostwick, maybe just a little chubbier. Whereas Bostwick ‘s dragon scales were mostly dark green with a few lighter green ones feathered in (Bostwick always thought that this was his most attractive feature), Mortimer’s scales were more of a reddish-brown color.

But both of them looked dull today. There was no shine on their scales and no gleam in their eyes. Another blah early winter’s day.

As he looked over at his friend, sleeping quietly if uncomfortably on his favorite rock at the mouth of their cave, Bostwick wondered if he should ask Mortimer whether he thought they were missing anything in their lives. No, Bostwick decided. That probably wouldn’t do