Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

Arrogantly Ugly Little Beastie is proud of being one of the ugliest hatchlings in the clan.  Although the non-ugly dragons make fun of her for being proud of her ugliness, of all things, the other ugly little beasties admire Arrogantly Ugly Little Beastie for her self confidence and wish they too could be proud of their ugliness.