Han sad på en træstub med ryggen mod dens tvillingetræ, som endnu ikke var blevet fældet, hvilket han håbede på, aldrig ville ske, for dette var et perfekt sted at meditere. Feen mediterede ofte, og selv om han støttede ryggen mod træet, holdt han den alligevel ret, som han havde lært af sin fe-mester på et se-mester, der handlede om meditation i skovens dybe, stille ro.
”Man lærer at indse ved at se indad, og derfor har jeg støbt kuglerne til ordene: Hvad udad tabes, kan indad vindes,” forklarede fe-mesteren. ”Andre tager måske æren for dem, men det gør ikke mig det mindste, jeg er jo mester, og så ville det være pinligt, hvis nogen troede, jeg kerede mig om sligt. Husk det nu.”
Feen koncentrerede sit sind om ét bestemt emne: Paralazer. Han ville udvikle sine evner på det punkt, til han mestrede paralazing fuldt og helt. Med Paralazer, fuldt udviklet, kunne han eliminere den frygtelige drage, der huserede i skoven. Den gjorde, hvad den kunne for at ødelægge dens dybe, stille fred og ro ved at skabe frygt blandt feerne, hvis evner til at kunne gøre sig usynlige den misundte så brændende, man skulle tro der var en kulsvier i nærheden.
Dragen havde de gennem tiderne selv ubevidst skabt. De havde bygget en slags fælles organisation op, som skulle tage sig af både dit og dat, men på et tidspunkt var den vokset til en rigtig drage, de ikke kunne overskue mere, som nu krævede tre levende feer skovlet ind i gabet, hvert kvartal.
Før eller siden ville der ikke være flere feer tilbage, og så ville dragen selv blive til en fe og lade sig fe-tere.
Sådan var dens plan, men den mediterende fe havde andre planer. Når han kunne paralazere, ville han melde sig frivilligt ved det førstkommende kvartals indtræden, gå frem mod dragen, og rette sit nyerhvervede, paralazerende blik direkte midt mellem dens øjne. Den ville blive perplex-fixeret, hvorefter han øjeblikkeligt ville dræbe den ved at drage sit sværd og jage dets hærdede klinge dybt ind i dens forhærdede hjerte. Så ville fortryllelsens mareridt straks blive ophævet.
Alle feerne kunne beholde deres fe-værdighed, og dragen ville blive udstoppet. Herefter kunne de tjene penge på den, ved at annoncere den som se-værdighed.
Dragon which would be fairy
He sat on a stump with his back against its twin tree, which had not yet been felled, which he hoped would never happen, because this was a perfect place to meditate. The fairy meditated often and although he supported his back against the tree, he kept it straight which he had learned from his fairy-master in a see-mester about meditation in the forest deep, quiet calm.
"You learn to understand by looking inward, and therefore I have invented the words: What outwards is lost can be gained inwards," explained fairy-master. "Others may take credit for them, but that does not worry me the least, I’m a master, and then it would be embarrassing if someone thought I was worried about such things. Remember that."
The fairy concentrated his mind on one particular topic: Paralazer. He wanted to develop his skills, until he mastered paralazing fully. With Paralazer, fully developed, he could eliminate the terrible dragon that roamed in the woods. It did what it could to destroy the deep, quiet peace and tranquility by creating fear among the fairies, whose ability to make themselves invisible it envied so badly, you'd think there was a charcoal-burner nearby.
The dragon had they unintended created through a long time themselves. They had built a kind of common organization up to take charge and control of both this and that, but at some point, it had grown into a real dragon, completely beyond their control. Now required the beast three live fairies shoveled into its mouth quarterly .
Sooner or later there would be no more fairies back, and then would the dragon itself become a fairy and be celebrated.
Such was its plan, but the meditator fairy had other plans. When he could paralaze, he would volunteer at the next quarter's entry, go towards the dragon, and put his newly acquired, paralazing look directly in the middle between its eyes. It would be perplex-fixated, and then he would kill it by drawing his sword and chase its hardened blade deep into its hardened heart. Then would the enchantment nightmare immediately be lifted.
And all the fairies would keep their fairy-worthiness, and the dragon would be stuffed, radiating a smell of formalin. Then they could make money on it by announcing it as a cautionary attraction.
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