Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s rather plain looking, though.

And look! It has grown wings, and bright markings have developed all over its body.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

Peck-Peck (a warning: his name is to be taken seriously; keep your fingers to yourself) cannot fly, although he has wings. Actually, he can fly but doesn't dare. Instead, he hops around on the ground in a manner distinctly like a rabbit's, using his wings like forelegs, looking for any edible tidbits that other dragons might have missed. Because he is flightless and admittedly rather cowardly, Peck-Peck is the brunt of many jokes by the other hatchlings. He doesn't really mind, as it gives him an excuse to bother his adoptive parents, who protect him from all the dangers of the world. Now back away slowly. You never know what's hiding behind that cluster of leaves; it could be dangerous!