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The Reluctant Dragon

By: Kenneth Grahame
Narrated by: Anton Lesser
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Summary

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.

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Great short story.

I enjoyed this short story very much. The characters were very good, and the narration was fabulous.

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Delightful story, beautifully performed

Such a fun little story, very well written. It's witty and funny, and with some good messages, too. Anton Lesser reads it beautifully - a pure delight.

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A story to capture the imagination

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

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Wonderful! Highly recommended for all ages.

One of my favourite childhood stories, love Anton Lesser's performance of it! I highly recommend it.

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An amusing dragon story.

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

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Amazing!!!

I loved it. It was very funny😃it is a fantastic story I love it!!!

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Really good

me and my bro liked this story alot. we dint like when they were going to kill him.

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Most enjoyable

This was a most enjoyable short book and well read by the narrator. Mary

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A Dragon Tale to Tell and Remember

Anton cracks me up as the loveable Dragon. I enjoy poetry as he. Hmmm.

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Absolutely Perfect

Wonderful story of course but the narration here lifts it to a superlative level.
Anton Lesser is unsurpassable

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