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Read chapter one of my fathers dragon by ruth stiles gannett. Librivox recording of my fathers dragon, by ruth stiles gannett. Elmer elevator narrators father as a boy runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. The chapters are short and simple, and it moves along at a nice pace. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
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