THE FIRE OF THE DRAGON



Divide the group into six smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed below. Read the story. After each of the words is read pause for the group to make the appropriate response.
ORION "Char-r-r-ge"
PEGASUS "Nei-i-i-gh"
BIG DIPPER "DRIP - DRIP"
LITTLE DIPPER "drip - drip"
DRAGON "Fire & Brimstone"
MILKY WAY "Moooo"

On a clear night in the winter months, you can look up in the sky and see something happening, if you use your imagination. We are going to do just that tonight. Pay attention now, so you won't miss any of the story.

Once upon a time, on a very dark night, a great hunter named ORION___ started out to hunt a DRAGON___. Now everyone knows that a DRAGON___ can set almost anything on fire and ORION___ knew this, so he took along with him the BIG DIPPER___ and the LITTLE DIPPER___ and the MILKY WAY___.

As he mounted his horse, PEGASUS___, he spilled the MILKY WAY___ and had to dismount and refill the BIG DIPPER___ and the LITTLE DIPPER___. Once again he mounted PEGASUS___ and away they flew, because PEGASUS___ had wings and could fly through the sky. "Now to find the DRAGON___," thought ORION___. "He must be around here somewhere," and just then he saw him. He was really hard to miss as the DRAGON___ was up to his old trick of breathing fire just to scare people.

"Whoa, PEGASUS__," said ORION__. "We must sneak up on him or he'll burn us up before we can put out his fire." PEGASUS__ stopped and ORION__ got off and took with him the BIG DIPPER___ and the LITTLE DIPPER__. Very carefully, ORION__ made his way toward the DRAGON___, then just as he was about to pour the MILKY WAY__ from the BIG DIPPER__ and the LITTLE DIPPER___ on him, the DRAGON__ turned and saw him and started spouting dreadful fire at him.

When PEGASUS__ saw what was happening, he flew over the DRAGON___, beating his wings. At the same time, ORION___ threw the MILKY WAY___ from the BIG DIPPER___ and the LITTLE DIPPER___ on him and put out his fire. The DRAGON___, with his fire out, turned and fled into the darkness and to this day he will only appear in the daylight. Today he is known to us as the sun.
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