Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a strong odor of turpentine, and your hand burns when you touch it.

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.

In a cavern, in the desert,

She was stinking like a swine,

Dwelt a hatchling, kind of oily,

And her name was Turpentine.

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Oh my darling, oh my darling,

Oh my darling Turpentine

You are poisonous forever,

Dreadful sorry, Turpentine.

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Light she was, an s1 hatchling,

Hatched from the egg number nine,

She was playing with the eggshells,

Toys they were for Turpentine.

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Oh my darling, oh my darling,

Oh my darling Turpentine

Other Dragons just avoid you,

Smell you later, Turpentine.

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Chased the ducklings at the water

Made them cry and made them whine,

Fin'lly caught one, it ran too slow,

Ate it whole, even the spine.

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Oh my darling, oh my darling,

Oh my darling Turpentine

You are poisonous forever,

Toxic scales on Turpentine.

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Agile hunter, many tail spikes,

Yellow belly, soft and fine,

But alas, she's still a smeller,

And she stinks like Turpentine.