Dragon John
By: [by] Marie A. Lawson.
Publisher: The Viking press
Published: 1943
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
First sentence: Ever so long ago, when there was still magic in the world, there was a smallish dragon who lived in a castle set high on a cliff overlooking a fair and fruitful valley.
Description: A non-violent dragon who doesn't understand why he likes people finds out from a rabbit who knows the local wizard that he is really an enchanted prince. The wizard, Hiram McNab, explains that the wizard's mean great-aunt had cast the spell to spite her sister during a quarrel about a cockatoo and a ball of knitting yarn; and that the only way to break the spell is for the dragon to get a human being willingly and gladly to give him a flower. The dragon despairs, but a chance encounter with Sally, the blind goosegirl, results in the breaking of the spell. Sally recovers her sight and the couple have a great wedding with the whole village invited. The wizard comes, but has to take the second best seat as his great-aunt's cat, Crumdudgeon, takes the best seat.
Notes: "First published September 1943 / Copyright 1943 by Marie A. Lawson / Printed in the United States of America by Reehl Litho Company / Published on the same day in the Dominion of Canada by the MacMillan Company of Canada Limited"
DEDICATION: "To LUCY and LUCY and LUCY"
Table of contents: title: 6 numbered sections, no titles