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Enter the Komodo
by Elizabeth Hopkinson
Monday, May 19, 2008

Rated "PG13" by the Author.

       
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     When Antimony inherits the Academy of Lagado from her uncle, she intends to finally make it into a rational institution. But the giant Komodo dragon on her doorstep is getting in the way. Literally.

If it was someone's idea of a practical joke, Antimony decided, then it wasn't very funny. By rights, she ought to have the creature quarantined immediately. Appearances of lizards (of any sort) needed clamping down pretty severely ever since the Projectors in Room 309 had got hold of that Escher print. One gecko out of place and the whole of Lagado's Old Quarter could be patterned over by suppertime. The public health risk didn't bear thinking about. But for some reason, she felt strangely sympathetic towards it. Maybe it was the signboard. Maybe it was the prospect of finally getting rid of all those ducks...

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