Marduke

by Mighty-Joe Young

Kira had been out all morning gathering crickets and worms for his new best friend. When he entered the hut he almost fell out of his clothes when he saw how large the dragon had grown over night.
“You must weigh five lbs little guy?”
“You must weigh five lbs little guy?” The dragon repeated.
“No you weigh five lbs.”
“No you weigh five lbs.” The dragon mimicked.
Kira shook his head as he realized the conversation was going nowhere.
“My name is Kira you can call me Kie like Nana does”
For the second time that morning the boy almost fell over when the dragon said,
“My name is Marduke but you can call me Marduke.
Are you my Nana ?”

Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

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    Jenunique's Buddy Icon Jenunique

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I am laughing. This is great! Love the conversation!

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    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Short, but sweet. I like Marduke as a name for the dragon. Was it inspired by Marmaduke, the giant great dane from the comics?

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Love it! Especially the intelligence of Marduke, and how big he is now. :) You put such a comedic spin on my somewhat sombre tale, Madorian.

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I’m busy tonight, and most of the weekend, I’ll get to a sequel soon!

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted about 1 month ago

    And I guess Kira is officially the only protagonist, a male, maybe just out of puberty, having to use his muscles on the farm. :)

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    Mighty-Joe Young's Buddy Icon Mighty-Joe Young

    Posted about 1 month ago

    no john, are you messing with me? its marduke from the babalonian story of creation. wait you know this and you are messing with me huh?

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    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    You mean Marduk? Nope, never heard of him or the babalonian story of creation. I usually stay pretty far away from superstition.

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    Mighty-Joe Young's Buddy Icon Mighty-Joe Young

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Jon you know it wouldn’t be style if i spelled the names correctly

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    Mask By The Moon's Buddy Icon Mask By The Moon

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Nice name. I’ve forgotten the whole babalonian thing but I like the name and the conversation.

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    Posted 25 days ago

    haha. wow, i love the last line!

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    .:band baby:.'s Buddy Icon .:band baby:.

    Posted 25 days ago

    wow, absolutely love the last line!

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    Unidentified's Buddy Icon Unidentified

    Posted 23 days ago

    Good job [:

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