Once upon a time, long ago, there lived a dragon in a place, that is now known to us as Poland. He was happy, though a bit lonely time to time, but he was OK, he spent most of his days hunting, bathing in the sun, and sleeping. One day, a group of people, who were walking near that area looked around and told each other..hey, this is a very nice place..a bit hilly, but there are lands around that can be ploughed, the soil is fertile..don't you think we wandered enough? Maybe we could settle here...and so they did..first it was just a camp, then slowly a village, and a small town, it prospered, and the people lived there in peace.
Nobody knew, that deep down, below their town, lay a cave, which served as a home, for our dear dragon. You see, he had the taste to go around the world, and contemplate, so that is how he managed to miss his home becoming populated by some creatures. Big was his fury when he came home, and realized what happened. But then, good old smart dragon thought...hmmm, it might be not so bad after all, I have food just around the corner! First he just stole the animals, but obviously he could not stay in anonimity for a long time. The people discovered him, and were not sure how to sort the situation, but the smart dragon managed to make a deal with them. He promised that if he gets some virgins regularly, he will let the rest of the population be.
This pact worked, until a noble king has not arrived. He thought it is just unacceptable, that this dragon is taking such advantage of the poor people. He decided to face the dragon! He marched into his cave, and killed the dragon.
At least..this is what everyone thought! But while in Krakow, I discovered the truth about this story! In fact the king did not kill him, but made another pact. He told the dragon: "Look..soon we will have a lot of man, with lot of weapon..you are the last of your kind...you will have no chance against us...but...you do not need to die by all means...I am sure that we will be able to work it out" So he promised the dragon, that if he pretends he is dead, he will make sure that he is well fed...not by virgins..rather by bones and livestock, but still better than being dead...good for the dragon, and good for the king as he gains respect, and everyone will acknowledge him as a true king...The dragon...after thinking a lot..being tired of always playing the dangerous monster, agreed. From then on he did not leave the cave, and trustworthy men carried him the food every now and then. The secret was passed on from generation to generation in the king's family.
These days however...there are no more kings...so our old dragon had to find other ways of satisfying his needs..he had to start to actually work. Now he is employed by the state, and his job is to blow fire, whenever he receives an sms. He has a cell phone, and whenever it rings, notifying him, that some tourists want to see the fire, he slowly gets off of his comfortable couch, walks to the underground chimney and blows fire. Yup, in return, he gets some cheeseburgers and coke (uhum he loves coke) from the phone company...time to time he is a bit late.....like it happened a couple days ago, when a group of tourists were waiting for him, in front of his statue, with cameras ready...in vain...after 15 minutes they left, and when they were far away, he blew the fire...it was funny, I smiled...you see we need to overlook that...he must be over 2000 years old, his reflexes are not the same any more...but yet, I am proud of him, because he managed to keep up with time, with the pace of life, with technology and the rapid development of civilization, he managed to use the possibilites that the unstoppable change brought..he managed to adapt, and survived.
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