Kumiko and the Dragon by Briony Stewart

Author:Briony Stewart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Queensland Press

‘This might sound like a happy story, Kumiko, but it is not. Dragons were arrogant and disliked humans. They thought people were weak and foolish and possessed no wisdom at all. Because of this, Rycoo’s decision to remain a human was not taken well. When the dragon king died, soon after the marriage, the other brother, Raman, became the new king. He was so angry with his twin for choosing to live on the earth that he told Rycoo never to return to the palace in the clouds.’

Tomodo sighs sadly, a sound like the wind before it rains. ‘So, Kumiko, the years eventually drifted by, and neither brother spoke to the other.’

‘Not once?’ I ask.

Tomodo shakes his head. ‘Not even once. By the time fifty years had passed, which is a short time for dragons but a long time for humans, Rycoo had grown to be an old, old man. Because he lived a human life and not a dragon life, one day, like all humans, he died.

‘When the news that Rycoo had died came to the palace in the clouds, Raman was very sad that he had not stayed friends with his twin. He decided he had to go down to earth to attend the funeral and say goodbye. After some thought, Raman turned himself into a deer so he could watch the funeral quietly from behind the trees and not frighten anybody or appear to be a stranger.

‘But something terrible happened, a tragic mistake. A hunter saw Raman there and, thinking that he really was a deer, shot him with a bow and arrow. Sadly, that was that. Both brothers were dead.’

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