UIT 10. 5TH & 6T COURSE. ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. THE REAL STORY
Read the text and enjoy it. St. George was born in Cappadocia – currently Turkey – and became a soldier after his father. He fought for the Roman Emperor Dioclecian. St. George is famous for killing a dragon. He travelled to Lybia where he found a poor hermit. The hermit told him that there was a dragon in that land and that villagers took him a young girl everyday as a sacrifice. The poor hermit also told himk that the only girl alive was the king of Egypt´s daughter. The king had promised that the knight who killed the dragon would marry the princess. St. George rested in the hermit´s hut that night. The following morning he set off towards the dragon´s cave. Armoured with his spear, sword and shield St. George called for the dragon. When the dragon saw St. George he roared fiercely and swished his fifty-feet long tail. St. George was not scared at all so he struck the dragon with his spear. The dragon´s scales were extremely hard so the ...