(RJ discussing a recent project over breakfast)
RJ: LR made a Toothless. I and J made a Toothless. H made a Toothless… Everyone made a Toothless!
RJ: (grinning) But not me… I made a T Rex with rocket boosters…
RJ: Now that is something really scary… Even if you’re an astronaut.
…
RJ: But don’t worry, I didn’t give him any batteries.
(I had to ask what a Toothless was… Oh, of course… )
(Ever since RJ figured out how to carry his sword around in his t-shirt, we’ve been visited by a series of knights, soldiers, and one time, a “mighty warrior king”. LR reading stories about dragons and Camelot just isn’t helping.)
RJ: (urgently) There’s a dragon! I have to go and fight it!
Dad: Well off you go then, there’s no time to wait! Don’t forget your shield!
RJ: I can’t! It’s all melted from the dragon.
RJ: (pausing, suddenly gloomy) That was the day my grandfather died…
Dad: That must have made you so sad.
RJ: No. We were really angry, but we couldn’t fight. There were no shields left.
Dad: You’ll have to find some way to trick it, instead.
RJ: (walks off grinning deviously) Yes… Yes… I’ll need a tricky plan.
Mum went off to camp to visit LR for the evening. RJ and I had a big afternoon playing secret agents, jumping on the trampoline, mucking about at the beach and having getting dinner at a restaurant.
Towards the end of the meal, RJ grabbed the drinks menu, opened it and started reading.
RJ: Hmmm… Look at that…
… That’s interesting.
… Wow. I didn’t know that!
Dad: RJ. What are you reading???
RJ: This magazine. They left it here for us.
Dad: What is it about?
RJ: All sorts of things. There is a story about a party that they had.
Dad: What kind of party?
RJ: Just a birthday party. It’s not very interesting.
Dad: Is there an interesting story in there?
RJ: Yes. It’s about dragons.
Dad: Cool. What does it say?
RJ: Dragons have enormous teeth and a big tail. Some of them live in the ocean. They have very sharp teeth and they eat meat… but not people meat.
Dad: What kind of meat do they eat?
RJ: Oh you know, sheep, cows and horses and stuff.
Dad: Anything else about dragons in there?
RJ: They have a picture of a knight who had to kill a dragon. It was very dangerous, but he had a sword and shield with him.
Dad: Why did he have to kill the dragon?
RJ: The king told him to. It was eating all the sheep and making the people mad. (goes back to reading the menu)
Dad: … Anything else in there?
RJ: No. That’s the end.
RJ can tell you a thing or two about dragons.
