A Not-So-Evil Dragon, and a Prince

The dragon was actually not that evil. He had never done anything bad in his entire life. He did not burn or loot the towns below the mountain, nor did he kill anyone. He had only two harmless hobbies: counting gold coins and sleeping in a pile of gold coins. Even the gold coins were a legal inheritance from the previous generation of dragons. But there was no choice; even if he wasn’t evil, he still had to be called an evil dragon. In fairy tales, dragons were always called evil dragons. It seemed like if they weren’t evil, they weren’t worthy of being dragons. When the dragon reached adulthood, he had to do his first bad deed. Yes, just like in the fairy tales, he had to capture a princess.