first edition 1952
Once upon a time there was a king,
who had a lovely kingdom-
and a beautiful daughter.
But the king had a great problem.
The worst dragon in the world had besieged his kingdom.
The dragon blew fire out of its mouth,
smoke out of its ears,
flame out of its nostrils.
...to the rescue came a very clever young man.
He worked in a hoopery making buckets,
but he was an inventor too.
No one took him and his inventions seriously-
except the princess.
The dragon was downright scornful.
But you won't be, when you read this story
of the funniest dragon hunt in history.
