Fable of the Dragon-tyrant

[archerships]

Via tdj:

Fable of the Dragon-tyrant. A must read.

"...Over the course of these centuries, the dragon, being well fed, slowly but steadily grew bigger. It had become almost as large as the mountain on which it lived. And its appetite had increased proportionately. Ten thousand human bodies were no longer enough to fill its belly. It now demanded eighty thousand, to be delivered to the foot of the mountain every evening at the onset of dark...."

Comments

[new-iconoclast.livejournal.com]

All that fuss and bother and it's about aging? Not about electing Kerry or defense spending or China or the deficit or government intrusiveness or the suspension of habeas corpus during the Lincoln administration?

I'm going to get something to eat. :)

Seriously, I liked it a lot.

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Glad you like it!