It happened long ago in the lowlands of Scotland in the days when castles were made of wood; this particular Castle of Tundergarth stood on a hill above fields and meadows that were ringed with forest; most forests around castles were cut with wide tracks called 'swathes' so that the chieftains could see when enemies were coming; the enemies were usually other lord chieftains and their men or else, in winter, wolves - wild boar and lynxes lived in the forests too - but the Lords of Tundergarth did not bother about swathes.
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The Dragon of Og
by Rumer Godden
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For centuries the Dragon of Og has taken for food two bullocks a month from the lord's herd, but a new lord declares the custom must end, and so begins a battle of wits
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The Dragon of Og
1981, Macmillan Children's Books, The Viking Press
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0333317319 9780333317310
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For centuries the Dragon of Og has taken for food two bullocks a month from the lord's herd, but a new lord declares the custom must end, and so begins a battle of wits.
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So begins this charming story of a gentle Dragon, a stubbornly proud lord, the red-headed Angus Og, who inherits the Castle, and the lord's wife.
For hundreds of years the Dragon of Og had quietly taken for his food two bullocks a month from the lord's herd. No one minded. the Dragon brought luck, and besides, he might destroy the countryside if he was angered. But angus Og would have none of this. "That Dragon must be killed," he said. and so began a battle of wits that could end only in tragedy - or so it seemed.
This witty, exciting, and poetic story, based on an old legend of the Scottish Lowlands, has been brilliantly and delicately told by Rumer Godden, and exquisitely illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
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The Angus Og of this story was not the Angus Og, Lord of the Isles, though he would have liked to be. Nor was he one of the famous prize bulls, all called Angus Og who win the Highland Championship. He might have been the ancestor of the lovable ruffian Angus Og of the Scottish Daily Record strip cartoon but he was a chieftain with a small estate or demesne just over the Border between England and Scotland on the Scottish side.
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"This book is for Anthony who now owns the Dragon's Pool"
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