Topaz Discovers Pineapple

Topaz the RainWing was strolling along the rainforest floor when something hit him on the head. Plunk! "Who did that?" He looked furiously around. He heard the faint sound of giggling from the treetops. GRRRR. Dragonets and their immature pranks. This was the third time he'd been pranked today. He stalked forward, planning to tell Queen Glory of this, and then- Bam. His snout smashed rather uncomfortably on the ground. Topaz got to his feet and turned to look at whatever had tripped him. What he saw was a spiky, yellow and green menace of a fruit. He picked it up gingerly and inspected it closely. "What in the moons is this?" he wondered aloud. He had never seen anything like it in his entire life of five and a half years. "I know!" Topaz said brightly. "I'll bring it into daycare and show all the other dragonets. Surely one of them knows what this is." And so Topaz brought the pineapple into the daycare in the rainforest village. "What is it?" a lemon-yellow dragonet named (VERY CREATIVELY) Lemon. "That's what I'm trying to figure out. I think it's a coconut or a-a pomegranate or something," Topaz explained. "I tripped over it this morning. I think one of the three year-olds were trying to drop it on my head, but OF COURSE they FAILED." Lemon looked at Topaz strangely. "Didn't you say something hit you on the head before you tripped?" Topaz growled. "It could have been something else," he said dismissively. "Was it though?" Lemon asked. "It WAS," Topaz protested. "WAS it?" lemon pressed. Topaz glared at her. "ANYWAY, does anyone here know what this is? ANYONE?" A red-and-white dragonet named Dragonfruit raised her talon tentatively. "I might know what it is," she offered. Dragonfruit picked up the spiky fruit and turned it around carefully. "Hm. It isn't quite a coconut.. it isn't a pomegranate either." Lemon shot Topaz a smug "I told you so" face. Topaz stuck his tongue out at her. "So what is it then?" he asked. Dragonfruit flipped the fruit upside-down and stared at it. A moment later, she brought it up to her snout and sniffed it. "It does have a familiar smell. Kind of sour but sweet at the same time, like a blend of lemon and oranges." She sniffed the fruit again. She closed her eyes, thinking. Topaz tapped his foot impatiently. "Do you know what it is or not?" he asked impatiently. Lemon glared at him. "SHH," she hissed. Topaz glared back indignantly. "What?" he demanded. "Don't be an ignorant pineapple," Lemon whispered back. Dragonfruit's eyes popped open. "Pineapple!" she yelped. "That's it!" Topaz blinked. "T-that spiky thing is a pineapple? That's a pineapple?" Lemon gave him another look. "You seriously haven't tried pineapple before?" Topaz shrugged. Dragonfruit tilted her head. "You should really try some. Here," she said, slicing the skin away expertly with her claws. She held up a few chunks up to his nose. Topaz was overwhelmed by the smell. He gingerly took them and reluctantly popped the chunks into his mouth. WHAT WAS THIS. IT TASTED SO WEIRD. WHY DID IT TASTE SO WEIRD OH MY GOSH IT TASTES TINGLY WHY IS IT TINGLY. Topaz swallowed. "Not sure what to think about that. Eeeeeyuuuck. I'm going to find a banana to take away that tingly feeling. Brrrrrrrrr!" Topaz shook himself. Moments later, he was off. Or, at least he was until he crashed into a tree. Dragonfruit sighed. "Now that dragon," Lemon said, pointing at Topaz, "Is what we call an idiot." Dragonfruit rolled her eyes. "I'm going to suntime." "Don't crash into a tree on the way there!" Lemon called after her. Dragonfruit sighed. One day, she told herself, she would find a way to get away from these dragons. One day...
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