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

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.

Gone too soon;

Again,

It flew right into the sun,

Or maybe that was just how it seemed.

The small claws

Stayed far from the world outside-

It wasn't a shame, no.

It had been chosen and it was for forever.

The world lay unbeknownst of the small claws

The sun had chased the horizon before

The little claws had flung itself from its shell-

Both real and surreal.

It wasn't forgotten.

Not by the small one,

But the small one was gone to the rest of the world.