By good fortune the Original Dragon, who still lives, is a resident of this land and supplies us with wisdom whenever we are in need of it.

He is old as the world and remembers everything that has happened since the world was created." "Did he ever have any children ?" inquired the girl.
"Yes, many of them.

Some wandered into other lands, where men, not understanding them, made war upon them; but many still reside in this country.

None, however, is as wise as the Original Dragon, for whom we have great respect.

As he was the first resident here, we wear the emblem of the dragon's head to show that we are the favored people who alone have the right to inhabit this fairyland, which in beauty almost equals the Fairyland of Oz, and in power quite surpasses it." "I understand about the dragon, now," said Polychrome, nodding her lovely head.