Alpha's Bad Breath(Ellie Kohut) One million years ago there lived a small, red dragon named Alpha. He wasn’t terrifying like the rest of the dragons, he wasn’t brave and he wasn’t strong. The only thing that was scary about him was his stinky breath.

One day while Alpha was roaming through the valley. He spotted Raphael, one of the scariest dragons ever. “Oi, little lizard," Raphael sneered, “what have you had for breakfast, onions and garlic, your breath stinks?!” “No… for your information I have had three Weetabix so I could kick your butt!” Alpha shouted nervously back at him. “Yeah?!” roared Raphael as he flew closer to Alpha. Alpha felt so scared he backed off and didn’t speak. Raphael had upset Alpha again, but for Alpha this wasn’t over.

Alpha returned to his cave where his friend Rainer came to see him. Rainer wasn’t a dragon, she was a bright golden phoenix with a sharp pointy beak. “Hey little guy, what’s up?" Asked Rainer. "You should have been at evergreens cave for a drink an hour ago?" “Well it’s Raphael” Alpha replied “he said I was a lizard and he also said my breath stank!” “Arrrr poor Alpha, you know that isn’t true. How about going down to caver town ……go to the movies to cheer you up?” “Movies? What are the movies? I have never been to them before?” “Well that’s because the stupid cave men (well they’re not so stupid now) invented it 2 weeks ago” replied Rainer “it will take your mind off Raphael”.

They had lots of fun, but Raphael ruined it by turning up. He started picking on Alpha again. This time though, Rainer was there to stick up for her best friend. She flew high in the air, whilst circling Raphael and then suddenly swooped down and started pecking him. “Wow that really hurts!” Raphiel said sarcastically “just get out of here and take stinky breath with you!"

Alpha and Rainer walked out of the movies and then went back to Rainer’s cave. Alpha was upset.

Alpha and Rainer sat round the table and talked about how mean and cruel Raphael was. How were they going to stop him? Then Alpha came up with a fantastic idea. He and Rainer were up all night making some special things that would show Raphael a thing or two.

The following morning Alpha, tried out his new inventions. One was a brush to brush his teeth and the other was a minty paste to freshen his breath! These worked so well that everyone who passed Alpha commented on the fresh smell and how shiny his teeth were.

A few smart cave men came and took a photo of Alpha’s inventions and put them on a billboard. Alpha was the most popular dragon and he had the nicest smelling breath.

Raphael was just a sad dragon with no friends.

As for Alpha, he and Rainer got married and are still very happy!

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