Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It can fit right in your palm.

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.

Mijikai mono is so tiny that most people just do not see him. He is very lonely because no one pays attention to him. He just wants a friend who will look past his size and get to know him. One day he finally found a friend in the little crimson pygmy ototo. They do not get to see each other very often because they live far apart, but ototo comes to visit sometimes and they always have a lot of fun.

His name means short one.