have to go back, Fluffy," Jenny urged. "That man fell over the cliff and he may be injured."
Privately, she thought he must be dead. The drop to the bottom of the cliff was hundreds of feet and the ridgeline looked close to vertical. Fluffy meeped his understanding and continued to turn in a widening circle that would lead them back to the ridge in line with where the man had been standing.
Jenny saw the man's camera smashed on the rocks below, but there was no sign of the man himself. Fluffy turned his head towards her and lifted Jenny's head by placing his tongue under her chin and pushing. She spotted him. A dozen feet or so down from the top of the cliff a solitary weedy bush had grown out of a small overhang of rock. Clinging to it for his life was the man. It looked as though he wouldn't be there much longer and the fall would mean his certain death.
"Can you fly so I can grab him?" Jenny asked and Fluffy gave out a tremulous meep somewhere between a yes and no. "Will you try?" Jenny asked and Fluffy swung round to fly parallel to the rock face.
His wingtip was only inches from the side of the cliff as they flew. It was perhaps fortunate the man was facing the other way, as the sight of a very large dragon flying towards him might well have made him let go.
Jenny wrapped her legs around Fluffy; riding him the way she might have ridden a horse. As they passed the man she grabbed him and dragged him from the bush.
The next few seconds were chaotic as the extra weight caused Fluffy to drop. He veered away from the ridge headed for a grass covered hilltop a short distance away. Dragon and passengers toppled head over heels, as he brought them down to the ground with a typical lack of grace. If Jake had been present to see it, he wouldn't have been the least surprised.
Jenny recovered first.
"Are you all right?" she asked the man as she helped him to his feet. The man seemed dazed and didn't appear to know what was going on. Then he looked up straight into Fluffy's face as Fluffy gazed back at him.
The man gave a high-pitched girly scream and pushed backwards, knocking Jenny to the ground as he flailed in panic.
"Well, if you are going to be like that about it," Jenny muttered and climbed back onto Fluffy's back.
"I think we had best be off, don't you?" she said to Fluffy who seemed to be only too grateful to jump back into the air and leave the screaming man behind.
"Where the hell have you two been?" I asked angrily as Fluffy folded his wings and collapsed onto the cavern floor in a belly flop of a landing. Jenny managed to hold on and avoid being crushed on the rocks though you could see it was a close call.
"Don't act like such a baby, Jake," Jenny said breathlessly. "Can't a girl take her boyfriend's dragon for a walk without all this fuss?"
"Firstly, it was flight and secondly, have you forgotten the hunters are out today? What if one of them saw Fluffy and took a shot at him?" I protested. The truth was, my feelings were hurt that they were gone for so long.
"Well, we rescued one of those hunters, if you must know," Jenny said as she staggered off Fluffy. "Pulled him off the cliff face we did, where he was dangling about to fall to his death."
"You did what?" I asked, words failing me for a few seconds. Then I recovered enough to let her have it.
"Do you think Fluffy will be safe now people know he exists? That they won't hunt him down and kill him?"
Jenny’s face screwed up, close to tears. "What were we supposed to do, let the man fall to his death?"
"You weren't supposed to be there," I said furiously. "I've kept Fluffy safe from harm since he hatched and after half an hour out with you he's been seen by a hunter."
Jenny sat down in a corner of the cavern and burst into tears. Fluffy turned his head sideways and looked reproachfully at me, and I swear he actually tutted at me in disapproval.
I sat down besides Jenny and tried to put my arm around her, but she pushed me away.
"I worry
Privately, she thought he must be dead. The drop to the bottom of the cliff was hundreds of feet and the ridgeline looked close to vertical. Fluffy meeped his understanding and continued to turn in a widening circle that would lead them back to the ridge in line with where the man had been standing.
Jenny saw the man's camera smashed on the rocks below, but there was no sign of the man himself. Fluffy turned his head towards her and lifted Jenny's head by placing his tongue under her chin and pushing. She spotted him. A dozen feet or so down from the top of the cliff a solitary weedy bush had grown out of a small overhang of rock. Clinging to it for his life was the man. It looked as though he wouldn't be there much longer and the fall would mean his certain death.
"Can you fly so I can grab him?" Jenny asked and Fluffy gave out a tremulous meep somewhere between a yes and no. "Will you try?" Jenny asked and Fluffy swung round to fly parallel to the rock face.
His wingtip was only inches from the side of the cliff as they flew. It was perhaps fortunate the man was facing the other way, as the sight of a very large dragon flying towards him might well have made him let go.
Jenny wrapped her legs around Fluffy; riding him the way she might have ridden a horse. As they passed the man she grabbed him and dragged him from the bush.
The next few seconds were chaotic as the extra weight caused Fluffy to drop. He veered away from the ridge headed for a grass covered hilltop a short distance away. Dragon and passengers toppled head over heels, as he brought them down to the ground with a typical lack of grace. If Jake had been present to see it, he wouldn't have been the least surprised.
Jenny recovered first.
"Are you all right?" she asked the man as she helped him to his feet. The man seemed dazed and didn't appear to know what was going on. Then he looked up straight into Fluffy's face as Fluffy gazed back at him.
The man gave a high-pitched girly scream and pushed backwards, knocking Jenny to the ground as he flailed in panic.
"Well, if you are going to be like that about it," Jenny muttered and climbed back onto Fluffy's back.
"I think we had best be off, don't you?" she said to Fluffy who seemed to be only too grateful to jump back into the air and leave the screaming man behind.
"Where the hell have you two been?" I asked angrily as Fluffy folded his wings and collapsed onto the cavern floor in a belly flop of a landing. Jenny managed to hold on and avoid being crushed on the rocks though you could see it was a close call.
"Don't act like such a baby, Jake," Jenny said breathlessly. "Can't a girl take her boyfriend's dragon for a walk without all this fuss?"
"Firstly, it was flight and secondly, have you forgotten the hunters are out today? What if one of them saw Fluffy and took a shot at him?" I protested. The truth was, my feelings were hurt that they were gone for so long.
"Well, we rescued one of those hunters, if you must know," Jenny said as she staggered off Fluffy. "Pulled him off the cliff face we did, where he was dangling about to fall to his death."
"You did what?" I asked, words failing me for a few seconds. Then I recovered enough to let her have it.
"Do you think Fluffy will be safe now people know he exists? That they won't hunt him down and kill him?"
Jenny’s face screwed up, close to tears. "What were we supposed to do, let the man fall to his death?"
"You weren't supposed to be there," I said furiously. "I've kept Fluffy safe from harm since he hatched and after half an hour out with you he's been seen by a hunter."
Jenny sat down in a corner of the cavern and burst into tears. Fluffy turned his head sideways and looked reproachfully at me, and I swear he actually tutted at me in disapproval.
I sat down besides Jenny and tried to put my arm around her, but she pushed me away.
"I worry
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