Here There Be Dragons!
HERE THERE BEDRAGONS Old maps, drawn on velum by those who ventured first - with only stars to guide them while Nature did her worst; show wild, distorted places - their heartlands unexplored. Awash with lurid pictograms of monsters found - abroad. Where no man dared to set his foot, Or drive his rough-hewn wagons, they inscribed a special legend “Beware!Here, There BeDragons.” In modern times, when tourists trip timorously abroad; flying cut-price airlines - ‘So easy to afford’ Their guide is M. Michelin who tells them where to dine. at places, ‘Worth a detour’. Eightydollars each?Just fine! They’re suspicious of the natives. Water’s bought in plastic flagons; they’re haunted by that echo of – “Beware! Here, There BeDragons!”
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Hi - Although I live in France - I am very English. I have recently arrived at, what is to me , the astonishing age of seventy. (Quite a shock!) I have been happily married to Mike for forty five years, and we have four children. I began to write...
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