This story is a work in progress… you will notice a BlahBlah… that’s what I put in my stories when the words are not going out correctly on the page… eventually I come back to it.Love some input however… One day in the future, the stories will have hyperlinks so you can flick between stories and start where ever you like.
Those who are always complaining about their circumstances find that success continually eludes them. As do those who speak ill of others or who make excuses for their failures.
When The Fairies arrived in Valencia to bless Cariña, she of course received the usual beauty and grace from Ana and Belinda, but the wise fairy Kathléna gave to her the gift of a beautiful singing voice. Her Dragon-Fighter parents, Hayden and Shaina (very prominent Spanish dragon-fighters; responsible for the eradication of over 3000 dragons from their area) thanked the fairies, asking them to stay for dinner, and enjoy a concert in their honour performed by the children in the village. It was a collection of stories about how The Fairies have helped the Dragon-Fighters to win battles against their enemies. The Fairies were delighted with the performance and thanked all the people involved for the time, resources and effort they put in, encouraging them to keep fighting dragons using salt and sunlight but most of all, they added “treat everyone as you want to be treated, promote justice and live a harmonious life”.
From the time Cariña was a young girl, she enjoyed the great outdoors, and her parents took her hiking, canoeing, camping and abseiling (you may or may not know that is a way of safely jumping off rocks with ropes and harnesses). But she was also a gifted singer; whenever she would sing- sick people would become well, sad people would be cheerful and angry people would calm down.
One day as Cariña was walking in the gardens, Sir Dimik approached her asking for her hand in marriage. You may or may not know that Sir Dimmik is Jacoba‟s brother, he was no more a dragon-fighter than his sister was but his primary interest in Carina was her singing voice, he was sure she could make lots of money and become famous- and take him for a ride on easy street while she was at it. When our young heroine refused, Sir Dimmik threw her on the back of a blue dragon that flew her into a locked tower on a remote island. Cariña had never ridden a dragon before, and certainly did not want to repeat the experience, she held on tight till she was on firm ground.
Sir Dimmik believed that if he left her there long enough she‟d change her mind- or become dragons‟ dinner. If you read my letter at the beginning you would know that blue dragons make everyone around them sad, for reasons that the people themselves are not even sure of. When the person cries them-self into a little ball, the dragon eats his dinner.
Cariña was a dragon fighter and knew that there were 3 ways to get rid of a dragon, weapons such as daggers, swords and Bows with arrows but salt and sun-light were also effective. As a dragon-fighter, Carina had been trained to use daggers and Swords. With the blue dragon around, she began to feel sad, so she started singing, and felt her courage rise as she pulled out her dragon-fighting dagger; Judah-Adoração. It gleamed as it reflected the sun shining from the window. The dragon closed his eyes and clasped his paws over his ears screaming “I don‟t wanna hear that rubbish Aaah!” and flew out of the window, but not before Carina‟s dagger was thrust into his side and he began shrinking. Closing the window, Cariña kept singing, and dancing for joy as she saw his dragon's egg plop into the ocean, and sizzle in the salty water.
"Now to get out of here" she decided as she tied all of her curtains and sheets together, to make a rope ladder. Knotting them at the window they only reached half way down the tower. Looking out, she could see rocks and cold ocean water at the bottom. Deciding not to risk a jump that far, Cariña went back to the duchess, pulling out the chair she sat down, to work on another plan.
Cariña was so busy working; she did not see the De Colores, a ship, sailing past. Joshua, the first mate on the ship, noticed the sheets on the window of the tower and alerted Captain Carlos. Taking a closer look with his binoculars, he could see a girl inside the tower and decided to help.
Lowering a small boat into the water he and Joshua rowed to the rocks. Carlos rock-climbed to the window of the tower with spare abseiling gear hooked on him (dragon-fighters always come prepared) while Joshua waited on the rocks to ensure his safety.
Carlos was very surprised to find that the room appeared empty as he jumped in through the window. “That‟s funny,” he thought as a creepy feeling went up and down his spine and he began to wonder if he‟d seen a ghost as he looked around the small round room. He checked the cupboard and under the bed. When he looked behind the duchess, there was a lady hiding. She asked him cautiously if he was going to rob her.
He laughed when he realised what the problem was. He told her his name was Captain Carlos, of the De Colores and that he only dresses like a pirate to tell other sailors that there is a way to live honestly, harmoniously and enjoy life. He is quite good at it and has turned many a pirate from a life of crime, but that‟s not anything to do with this story.
Still not sure if she could trust him, our heroine said, “Then you would know my cousin, Joshua, can you take me to him?”
“Joshua Glimmer-Sword? He's the one who noticed you and is down waiting on the rocks to make sure we get back down safely and aboard the De Calores in one piece”. So they abseiled down the tower and Joshua secured the ropes. Cariña and Joshua had a joyous reunion and she showed appreciation to the captain for rescuing her, by thanking him warmly and giving him the traditional Xian blessing, if you have ever been greeted by a Latin person, it‟s pretty close to Xian7.
7 Warm hug, beautiful and genuine smile, certainly not one of these ridiculous cold and showy hugs that slip their way in as acceptable in “civilized Caucasian society” kiss on the cheek and BLAHblah.
Carlos decided to see her safely home when they docked in Spain, and he made Joshua the new captain of the De Colores. While visiting with Cariña‟s family he received the news that his grandfather, who had raised him, was ill and he needed to go home.
Cariña went with him, to sing to the Octogenarian and his family, Carlos‟ grandfather was old but he passed away happy and at peace, for not only was Cariña gifted with a beautiful voice, but she had consented to become the bride of Carlos, and help him to fight dragons on his families patch in England.
Activities
1. Join the words to their meaning
Octogenarian Very surprised
Tentatively Politely
Incredulous Using caution
Cordially A person in their eighties
2. Think of a time you when you misjudged someone thinking them nasty or beneath your notice before you really got to know them. How can you learn from this for next time?
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