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THE DANGEROU S GIFT

by
TUI T. SUTHERLAND

SCHOLA STIC PRESS


N E W YO R K
For Benjamin — welcome to the family!

And for the Pyrrhia-Pantala AU, with hugs


and awe for all your amazing dragons.
Description: red, yellow, and/or orange, but always mixed with some black
scales; four wings
Abilities: vary from dragon to dragon; examples include deadly stingers that can
extend from their wrists to stab their enemies; venom in their teeth or claws; or a
paralyzing toxin that can immobilize their prey; others can spray boiling acid
from a stinger on their tails
Queen: Queen Wasp
Description: SilkWing dragonets are born wingless, but go through a
metamorphosis at age six, when they develop four huge wings and silk-spinning
abilities; as beautiful and gentle as butterflies, with scales in any color under the
sun, except black
Abilities: can spin silk from glands on their wrists to create webs or other woven
articles; can detect vibrations with their antennae to assess threats
Queen: Queen Wasp (the last SilkWing queen, before the Tree Wars, was Queen
Monarch)
Description: wiped out during the Tree Wars with the HiveWings, but while
they lived, this tribe had green and brown scales and wings shaped like leaves
Abilities: could absorb energy from sunlight and were accomplished gardeners;
some were rumored to have unusual control over plants
Queen: last known queen of the LeafWings was Queen Sequoia, about fifty
years ago, at the time of the Tree Wars

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