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The Reluctant Dragon

By: Kenneth Grahame
Narrated by: Anton Lesser
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The Boy lives in a cottage with his mother and father, and the Dragon lives in a cave on the Downs. The Boy is his only friend. The Dragon is not at all the sort of Dragon one might expect to meet, however: he's polite and friendly.

Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fantasy Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Friendship Mythology Dragons Funny Witty Kids Fiction
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Wonderful story of course but the narration here lifts it to a superlative level.
Anton Lesser is unsurpassable

Absolutely Perfect

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I I enjoyed every minute of it, lovely story beautifully read I will recommend it to everyone

Brilliant

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This was brilliant. Lots of fun and variety of voices. Would recommend this to anyone

An amusing dragon story.

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Nice length of evening wind down. The story is age appropriate and ends with intrigue

A story to capture the imagination

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I loved this story. It was very funny and really, really interesting. I liked the characters

Really good story

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