{"id":3587,"date":"2026-08-18T03:39:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2026-08-30T05:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:01:38","slug":"the-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/the-dragons\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Kingdom had many dragons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">The Blue Kingdom had no dragons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">One day, the Red Kingdom\u2019s spies arrived at the royal palace and bowed before the king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour Majesty, we have heard rumors that the Blue Kingdom is trying to hatch dragon eggs.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnacceptable!\u201d thundered the king from his golden throne. \u201cWe can never allow them to have dragons. They will use them against us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat does Your Majesty propose we do?\u201d asked the Minister of War, standing at the king\u2019s side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnleash hell.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrebuchets, Your Majesty? A thousand archers with flaming arrows?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHell, not toys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRelease the dragons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\">*****<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\">100-word micro-fiction, A Drabble<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Kingdom had many dragons.&nbsp; The Blue Kingdom had no dragons. 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