The girl ran over to Spot. “Is it true that you used to be really tiny?”

Spot shifted his attention from the massive shark he’d dragged up onto the beach. The shark had been menacing local fishermen for the past month, so they’d asked him to get rid of it.

Despite being hauled out of the ocean, the shark made one last frantic attempt to bite Spot. The dragon batted the shark’s attack aside and then brought one claw down with thunderous force, extending one wing to protect the girl from the showe...