Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It enjoys gathering pebbles and other small rocks and putting them in a pile.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

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.

Little Earthwyrm is another of Kalazor and Flora's rescues, found wandering as a hatchling. Upon arriving at Dragonhaven Island, he immediately appointed himself Shy Jewel's protector. Dreading the day when he would grow up and have to leave his friend unguarded, he asked the magi Norivan to freeze him, and Norivan reluctantly agreed. Little Earthwyrm is very serious and rarely plays, preferring to keep an eye on Shy Jewel, though Polyantha can sometimes coax him into a game.