Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It keeps trying to catch fish in a nearby pond.

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 Grain of Salt is a very obedient dragon. He never disobeys the elder dragons, and they all appreciate him for this. However, the other hatchlings find him boring; they complain that Little Grain of Salt does not know how to live an "exciting and daring" lifestyle. This may be true, but the young hatchling believes rules are important and that they must be followed. Because of this, he rarely ever gets in any sort of trouble.