Dragon's Blood

"It's alive!" said Janet. "I think it's a small dragon."
"Of course I am," said the dragon, which made both of them
jump violently. Even more alarming, tiny flames played out
of its mouth as it spoke, and they could feel the heat from
them where they stood.
"I didn't know you could talk," said Cat.
"I speak English quite well," said the dragon, flickering flame.
"Why do you want my blood?"
They looked guiltily at the great jar of powder on the shelf.
"Is that all yours?" said Cat.
"If Mr. Saunders is making it give blood all the time, I think
that's rather cruel," Janet said.
"Oh, that!" said the dragon. "That's powdered blood from
older dragons. They sell it to people. You can't have any of that."
"Why not?" said Cat.
"Because I don't want you to," said the dragon, and a regular
roll of fire came from its mouth, making them back away again.
"How would you like to see me taking human blood and
playing games with it?"

Excerpt from A Charmed Life, by Diana Wynne Jones

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Again my idea is taking scenes from some of my favorite books and portraying them... not a big surprise, this is also from the Chronicles of the Chrestomanci. It was so hard to pick a scene to draw as I love the entire things, but so much felt stronger in writing than I could portray in art. I picked this funny little scene when they sneak into Chrestomanci's workshop to steal Dragon's Blood... and find a small Dragon much to their surprise.

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