Lives of a Chinese Dragon (1 of 2)

Kiao, Kiao-lung,

Kioh-lung,Ying-lung

Sounds of silverware

Dropped on pots

Plink, plank, plunk

Kiao, Kiao-lung,

Kioh-lung,Ying-lung

From baby to adult

Dragon names -- not

Plink, plank, plunk

A thousand years go by:

From a jeweled egg comes

A baby dragon

Brilliant though the egg was,

The baby is as ugly

As a water snake

Nameless baby dragon

Frolics, playing, swimming about

Five hundred years pass by:

Baby dragon uglier still

Now a carp for a head

An ugly bottom feeding fish

Baby now named Kiao

Frolics, playing, swimming around

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