It's No Secret that I am Hungry!

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​Nothing more that Meen loved than Spring!  To get out and play among the flowers and to see what has blossomed overnight always creates a happy, bubbling feeling inside.  

She also heard that down at the Frog Pond there was some new tadpoles being born. Sounds interesting enough to go check out.

​Another thing Meen loved was leaping the Toad.  So yeh, heading down to the Frog Pond sounded like a great idea.  Maybe she would take a shortcut by going past the Caves.  That way it would be only a skip, hop, and a jump to get to the Pond.

​As Meen was thinking of the fun she would have down at the pond, she heard this voice in her head saying " I want to play too!"  Now Meen was used to hearing voices because she was forever talking to herself, but this was a new and strange voice she had never heard before.  Plus, the closer she got to the caves the louder it seemed to get.

​Soon she was at the front of the caves and the voice was pretty insistent that she come inside, so she peered inside the dark and shadowy entrance, not sure what she was going to see.  Suddenly she was staring into two bright eyes!

​"Hello", said the baby dragon, "I'm Hungry!" 

Meen immediately stepped back and shouted "You aren't eating me!"

​"No", the dragon said, "That is my name, Hungry, and I would like to play with you.  Sounds like fun to go see baby frogs."

​​"What are you?  I haven't seen something like you ever!" shouted Meen. 

"What do you mean, what am I?  I am Hungry!" replied the little Dragon. 

"No, not how do you feel, but what are you?"  Exasperated, the little Dragon said again, "I am NOT Hungry! That is my name.  As far as what I am... I don't know other than a Secret.  My mother, Granny Flare, keeps telling me to be quiet cause I'm a Secret, but I want to play and the Frog Pond sounds like fun."

​By this time, Meen was exhausted trying to figure out her new friend and also wanted to go play.  "Yes!" said Meen, "Let's go to the Frog Pond.  Did you know that a group of baby tadpoles are called 'a knotty'?.  Sounds silly to me cause how could anyone be naughty when you are so little and haven't even had time to get into trouble."

​That was enough of a deep thought for the two of them; so off they went to the Frog Pond to go play with the tadpoles.