The Gift of Charms by Julia Suzuki

Author:Julia Suzuki [Julia Suzuki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784182113
Publisher: John Blake Publishing
Published: 2014-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

‘A very long time ago, before dragons lived together in this big valley, the clans were scattered all over the world.

The dragon clans all had a love for precious stones, which they would mine from the rocks in their individual lands, and they would use them to decorate their caves, believing they had powers. But the minerals from which these gemstones develop are not found amongst our rocks and only a few stones came into our land; most were left behind.

There are areas outside Dragor that have lots of forests and others that are full of large expanses of open fields. And there are islands too, both small and large lands that sit in the centre of the seas. All the clans developed different talents over time. The purple dragons became fishing types because they come from places with great waters, and the blue Talana dragons who dig under the earth with their powerful horns come from the areas with the rockiest of mountains. As for the red dragons …’

‘I know this one!’ interrupted Amlie. ‘We Nephans managed the trades between other clans. And Surion, he was a Nephan!’

Ma’am Sancy continued. ‘Yes, and the yellow Bushkis. These dragons now run the book-caves. They keep records of the clans, and continue to record every detail of Dragor history, and whilst our land is cool and surrounded by tall mountains, this country is dry and yellow – the same colour as a Bushki dragon. The forests there are full of many sweet things. Thick treacle drips from the bark of trees and heavenly tasting sticky-fruits burst from the bushes. There are the biggest coconuts too, full of honey-flavoured liquid.’ Ma’am Sancy could hear that many of the younglings’ stomachs had begun to rumble.

‘Legend has it there is one great snake who rules all of these forests. A snake who is as wide as a river and who has teeth as long as a dragon’s tail.’ Some of the younglings blinked in wonder.

‘And they say that when this great snake thumps his tail three times like this: Thump! Thump! Thump!’ – Ma’am Sancy banged her fist three times on the ground ‘– that the shaking of the earth then makes the toffee-nut trees spring up out of the ground immediately. This special snake can make the nuts appear at any time he chooses in his magical forest.’

‘Wow,’ said Yoshiko as he checked around the classroom to see that no trees had appeared after Ma’am Sancy’s loud thuds. ‘Those Bushki dragons were so lucky – imagine being surrounded by nothing but sugary treats. All we have in Nephan forests are sorrel bushes!’

‘It’s a good job you don’t have toffee-nuts in your forests because you would be even fatter than you are now!’ Igorr shouted out, making all the Alana younglings giggle.

‘Enough of that. No insults in my class,’ Ma’am Sancy warned. ‘Or you will be held back after school! Though I am guessing you will choose to be more attentive now, Igorr, when you hear about your own clan.

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