The Kingdom without a Dragon Chapter 6.

Chapter Six.

                       The Final Act.

          The story of the heroic battle with eye witness reports of the event and photographs of the burning carcass and the madly grinning hero soon appeared in the specially rushed out editions of the newspapers. The people of Minisculia sent a deputation to thank the King and the brave knight. They were so pleased that they asked if they could hold a Flower festival cum Firework display to celebrate.

"We will pay!" said the Chimney sweep.

"In that case," said the King. "Go ahead."

When the Royal couple eventually managed to get back to the throne room and sit down Roberta sighed, "Well, I suppose it is all over now."

"What do you mean, my dear?"

"Now that the Dragon has been killed we will stop getting invitations. Everyone will forget all about us again," she said sadly.

"I suppose so. Still never mind, we have enjoyed ourselves and there is the Fireworks Ball to look forward to." King Simon tried to cheer her up.

The Celebration was a great success. All the local children helped make a model Dragon from egg boxes painted purple and green. They paraded it through the town to the field behind the Palace where it was burnt as the firework display took place.

Sir Roger had to shake hands with everyone who came and to show them his sword. He was given the honour of lighting the Dragon bonfire. He was still a little puzzled about what had happened, but he read about the glorious battle in the newspapers and came to believe it, After all it must be true, it had been in the Newspapers. His girlfriend was as impressed as he had hoped, but wisely forbade him from ever fighting another Dragon, just in case.

All the rulers of all the surrounding countries turned up for the Ball, as did everyone who was invited and a few who were not. The evening was a huge success. The Dragon idea was after all the success it was hoped it would be.

The kitchen maids returned from their holidays and went back to work.

To make sure that nobody ever missed their way when visiting the Kingdom, the butler had a huge sign put up. It read "Welcome to Minisculia. The Kingdom Without A Dragon."

 Now that was the biggest fib of all, Minisculia still had a Dragon, Cedric.