welcome to storyline online brought to
you by the sag-aftra
foundation my name is Mark Duplass and
today we are going to be reading you the
great book when a dragon moves in
written by Jody Moore and illustrated by
Howard MacWilliam
if you build a perfect sandcastle a
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dragon will move in he'll settle an all
cozy and peep at you from inside
and you'll wonder how you ever got so
lucky with a dragon in your castle
you'll have a built-in marshmallow
toaster your very own raft and a kite
that practically flies by itself
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best of all no beach bully would dare
stomp your castle with a dragon inside
of course there are rules on the beach
so you'll have to hide his smoke from
the lifeguard and erase the dragon
prints from the sand eventually you'll
want to share the great news with your
family there's a dragon in my castle
you'll call to your mom mm-hmm
she'll answer listen to him roar you'll
say
I hear the roar of the ocean she'll
reply see this feather from my dragons
wing you'll ask your dad
that's a nice seagull feather he'll say
and you know what feathers are good for
feel my dragon sharp teeth you'll shout
those are just broken shells your big
sister will say but you and your dragon
will know better just about then your
dragon will demand to be fed first he'll
eat all the peanut butter sandwiches
even the ones that were supposed to be
for your sister then his fiery snout
will make the lemonade sis stop blowing
bubbles in your drink
your mom will say that wasn't me you'll
answer that was the dragon and you'll
hear a hey-hey from deep inside the sand
castle finally since dragons love
dessert he'll slink into the family
cooler and nibble the brownies when no
one is looking
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whose fingerprints are in the brownies
your dad will ask not fingerprints
you'll try to explain dragon prints
there's no such thing as a dragon
your sister will say then your dragon
will sneak her again
hey and spray sand all over her young
man I don't think this is funny
your mom will say that was it me you'll
answer you watch the dragon I think
we've had enough of this dragon business
your dad will say
I guess I've had enough of this dragon
business
- you'll sigh
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then you'll March over to your
sandcastle and order your dragon to
leave until he learned some manners and
you will vow never to build a perfect a
sandcastle again at least until tomorrow
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the end so this is a book about the
power of imagination and the power of
those people around you who don't often
honor your imagination and the important
thing here is that no matter what people
say if you believe it in your mind if
you can see it in your mind you've got
to hang on to it thank you for watching
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