People and Dragons

“Mom, tell me a fairy tale, please ...” a little brown-eyed girl asked.

- Which one? again about dragons? - replied the young mother.

- Yes, about the dragons!

- Well, just lie down in bed and cover yourself.



"A young man came to the most ancient of dragons, and asked:

“Wisest, you have lived for thousands of years and you have probably been asked this question a thousand times. Give me an advice?

The most ancient of dragons laid a mighty head on its front paws and looked up.

“I am also a dragon,” continued the man. - but I have not yet lived a human life and can turn into a person to search for a bride among people. I found a bride who can continue our race, a man who can become a dragon. I did everything, as the legend says, presented an ancient pendant, loved with all my heart, but she rejected me.

The wisest of dragons closed his eyes, and spoke himself:

- She rejected you, not because she did not want to become a dragon, but because she loved another person. You have everything ahead, you will live forever, if you will be a dragon, or for a long time, if you decide to remain human. Everyone has to make a choice between love and life. And you have to do it. Come in a year.

Exactly one year later, a man came to the dragon and said:

- The wisest, I lived another year, nothing has changed. She went from one person to another. What should I do, give advice?

The most ancient of the most beautiful, turned, and looked curiously.

- She went to another, because she loved another. Only dragons are consistent. People are very changeable, wait. Go and come in a year.

A year later, the man again came to the dragon and said:

- She chose me, and we began to live together. But she did not become a dragon. She remained a man. Does the ancient legend go wrong?

The wise dragon looked at the shimmering wondrous scales of scale, and said:

- To love a dragon does not mean to become a dragon. Give life for your love, that's what makes a man a dragon. Go and give your life for her if you want her to live forever.

A man left and thought for a long time what it means to be a dragon by birth, and what does it mean to become a dragon for love? And could not answer. And he left her ...

A wise dragon lay in a cave and thought: "Legend ... legend." It is impossible to make a dragon out of a person, but you can make a person out of a dragon. As soon as you begin to hesitate - and you are a man. Only a fiery heart and pure thoughts make it possible to carry your feelings - forever ... "



And already falling asleep, the girl noticed an ancient dull silver pendant made in the shape of a Chinese character - a dragon on her mom's neck, on a simple string ...