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    'MASSIVE BLACK CAT STALKS THE HILLS OF WALES! '
    The headline read. A blurry blow up of a photograph showed a long dark shape against a rock strewn background. The shape appeared to be eating something. I scanned the article quickly before I answered Jenny.
    'This is the first photograph of the mysterious big cat that has been stalking the hills and valleys around Snowdon. Wilfred Jones, a local shepherd took this photograph at dusk on Wednesday. By the time he reached the scene, the cat had fled, taking its prey with it. Mountain farmers have been complaining for some time that sheep have been disappearing in increasing numbers, though up to this time it had been believed sheep rustlers were the culprits.
    Stories of big cats, panthers or even tigers, have been common in England and Wales, but this is the first photograph that gives any proof to the story. Local shepherds are planning a hunting expedition to track down and kill the beast. Your intrepid reporter plans to bring you news of the hunt next week as I have been invited to take part .'
    "That's your cat?" Jenny asked me in an accusing tone of voice. "You have a panther as a pet and you never told me?"
    "Fluffy is not a cat," I replied angrily. "It's just that he's very fond of roast lamb."
    "Your Panther catches sheep and takes them back for you to cook?" Jenny asked in outrage. "What kind of a man are you, Jake?"
    "Fluffy is not a panther. He's a dragon," I explained. "And he cooks his own food with his own built in flame-thrower."
    "You have a dragon called Fluffy?" Jenny asked, leaving her mouth attractively open at the end of the sentence. Jenny has a very attractive mouth and the O it formed made me want to cuddle and kiss her.
    "When he first hatched he had feathers, but they fell off," I told Jenny as if that explained everything.
    "You have a dragon here in Wales and you never took me to see him?" Jenny said in a tone of voice that informed me if I didn't rectify this situation soon I would be short one girlfriend.
    "It's not that simple…," I said. But I was soon to find out it was.
     
    You can take the blindfold off now," I informed Jenny and she dragged the scarf from her eyes. Standing before her on all fours with his wings neatly folded against his body, Fluffy looked at her curiously.
    I was expecting Jenny to scream, or possibly to faint in shock. What she did was extremely surprising. She put out her hands and smiled warmly at my dragon.
    "Oh, you are the most beautiful creature I've ever seen. How could you let him call you Fluffy?"
    Jenny and I had cycled to a place close to the secret cave entrance that led to Fluffy and the immense cavern I referred to as the Bat Cave. When we parked the bikes under a large bush I made Jenny put on a blindfold and led her round on a circular route that finally led back to my hinged boulder door. Only when we walked all the way into the Bat Cave through the long stone tunnel did I let her take off the blindfold. I couldn't take the risk she might bring someone else here and put Fluffy's life in danger.
    Fluffy is very partial to flattery, and while he's never made anything more comprehensible than 'meeping' sounds I'm sure he fully understands English. He shuffled towards Jenny, balancing on his short back legs and gently put his arms around her. Then he gave her a long reptilian lick across her face.
    Jenny laughed in delight.
    "You're so beautiful. Come, so I can see you in the light."
    Fluffy was only too willing to oblige and was soon posing like a supermodel in front of the massive entrance that opened out halfway up the cliff. It couldn't be seen from outside unless you looked at it directly because of some magic I placed over it. It was the spot Fluffy flew from every day.
    Jenny turned to me and punched me so hard I almost fell over.
    "How could you keep him from me?"
    "How was I supposed to know you were a dragon lover?" I replied rubbing the spot she punched to ease the pain. Jenny ignored