
And he doesn't hoard gold he hoards shoes. He really doesn't want to battle a knight.

The dragon doesn't want to take her prisoner. Right from the start, things don't go according to plan. Creel knows it's a stupid plan, but she has no choice but to go along with it. So Creel's aunt sets her mind on a plan: Creel will offer herself to the dragon, and when the dragon takes her prisoner, a brave knight will rescue her and marry her, taking the entire family to live in his castle.

But the family is poor, and Creel, with no prospects for a good marriage, is a liability. Dragon Slippers is a 2007 Cybils nominee.Ĭreel and her brother Hagen live with their aunt and uncle, who took them in when their parents died.
