Dragonboy

The village in the valley, inviolate to enemies,

Was peaceful and prosperous, with plenty of food.

Green and gracious her hills, and good were the orchards.

The blacksmith was busy, and black was his smithy.

And Stephen was seventeen, the one son of his mother.

But the the village did not remain peaceful. From out of the north, a dragon came breathing fire, and he captured Naomi, the earl's daughter. Who could rescue her? Would foreign princes seeking glory set her free? Or would Stephen, the poor blacksmith's apprentice, kill the dragon and win the hand of the beautiful Naomi, whom he secretly loved from afar?