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009 - My Father Makes A Bridge · My Fathers Dragon

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  Speaker 1: Chapter nine, Oh, my Father's Dragon. This LibriVox recording is
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  Speaker 1: in the public domain. Recording by Gregory Holdsworth. My Father's
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  Speaker 1: Dragon by Route Style's Gannet, Chapter nine, My father makes
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  Speaker 1: a bridge. My father walked back and forth along the bank,
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  Speaker 1: trying to think of some way to cross the river.
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  Speaker 1: He found a high flag pole with the rope going
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  Speaker 1: over to the other side. The rope went through a
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  Speaker 1: loop at the top of the pole and then down
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  Speaker 1: the pole around a large crank. A sign on the
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  Speaker 1: crank said to summon dragon yank the crank report disorderly
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  Speaker 1: conduct to gorilla. From what the cat had told my father,
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  Speaker 1: he knew that the other end of the rope was
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  Speaker 1: tied around the dragon's neck, and he felt sorrier than
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  Speaker 1: ever for the poor dragon. If he were on his side,
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  Speaker 1: the gorilla would twist his wings until it hurt so
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  Speaker 1: much that he'd have to fly to the other side.
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  Speaker 1: If he were on the other side, the gorilla would
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  Speaker 1: crank the rope until the dragon would either choke to
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  Speaker 1: death or fly back to his side. What a life
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  Speaker 1: for a baby dragon. My father knew that if he
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  Speaker 1: called to the dragon to come across the river, the
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  Speaker 1: gorilla would surely hear him, So he thought about climbing
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  Speaker 1: the pole and going across the rope. The pole was
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  Speaker 1: very high, and even if he could get to the
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  Speaker 1: top without being seen, he'd have to go all the
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  Speaker 1: way across hand over hand. The river was very muddy
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  Speaker 1: and all sorts of unfriendly things might live in it,
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  Speaker 1: but my father could think of no other way to
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  Speaker 1: get across. He was about to start up the pole
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  Speaker 1: when despite all the noise the monkeys were making, he
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  Speaker 1: heard a loud splash behind him. He looked all around
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  Speaker 1: in the water, but it was dusk now and he
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  Speaker 1: couldn't see anything there. It's me, crocodile, said a voice
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  Speaker 1: to the left. The water's lovely, and I have such
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  Speaker 1: a craving for something sweet. Won't you come for a swim?
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  Speaker 1: A pale moon came out from behind the clouds, and
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  Speaker 1: my father could see where the voice was coming from.
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  Speaker 1: The crocodile's head was just peeping out of the water.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, thank you, so, my father. I never swam
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  Speaker 1: after sundown. But I do have something sweet to offer you.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps you'd like a lollipop, and perhaps you have friends
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  Speaker 1: who would like lollipops too. Lollipop said the crocodile. Why
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  Speaker 1: that is a treat? How about it? Boys? A whole
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  Speaker 1: chorus a voice shouted a raw lollipop, and my father
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  Speaker 1: counted as many as seventeen crocodiles with their heads just
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  Speaker 1: peeping out of the water. That's fine, said my father,
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  Speaker 1: as he got out the two dozen pink lollipops in
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  Speaker 1: the rubber bands. I'll stick one here in the bank.
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  Speaker 1: Lollipops last longer if you keep them out of the water.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Now one of you can have this one.
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  Speaker 1: The crocodile who had first spoken, swam up and tasted it. Delicious,
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  Speaker 1: mighty delicious, he said. Now, if you don't mind, said
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  Speaker 1: my father, I'll just walk along your back and fasten
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  Speaker 1: another lollipop to the tippy ear tail with a rubber band.
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  Speaker 1: You don't mind, do you? Oh? No, not in the lea,
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  Speaker 1: said the crocodile. Can you get your tail out of
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  Speaker 1: the water just a bit, asked my father. Yes, of course,
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  Speaker 1: said the crocodile, and he lifted up his tail. Then
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  Speaker 1: my father ran along his back and fastened another lollipop
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  Speaker 1: with a rubber band. Who's necks that my father and
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  Speaker 1: a second crocodile swam up and began sucking on that lollipop. Now,
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  Speaker 1: you gentlemen can save a lot of time if you
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  Speaker 1: just line up across the river, said my father, and
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  Speaker 1: I'll be along to give you each a lollipop. So
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  Speaker 1: the crocodiles lined up right across the river with their
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  Speaker 1: tails in the air, waiting for my father to fasten
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  Speaker 1: on the rest of the lollipops. The tail of the
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  Speaker 1: seventeenth crocodile just reached the other bank. End of Chapter
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  Speaker 1: nine