Lives of a Chinese Dragon (2 of 2)

A thousand years go by:

Baby Kiao grows

Four stubby legs

Four stubby claws

A proper dragon’s head

A proper dragon’s tail

A proper dragon’s beard

Now named Kiao-lung

Frolics, playing, spurting water

Five hundred years pass by:

Child Kiao-lung grows

Horns

Full of bright energy,

Dancing in the rivers

Now named Kioh-lung,

Frolics, playing, spraying water

Five hundred years pass by:

Adolescent Kioh-lung grows

Wings

Graceful and wise

Auspicious and sage

Now named Ying-lung

Frolics, dancing, flying above

Three thousand years from

Egg to dragon

Baby to adult

Dragons all

Kiao, Kiao-lung,

Kioh-lung,Ying-lung

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Sounds of silverware

Dropped on pots