the luckdragon

This is one of my favorite campers. He has been this size since I first met him in 2005. No, really.

This picture I love, because it portrays all of the elements that make this child just who he is... He is sitting with all of his extremities tucked tightly into his body, he has a stuffed animal in hand and he is reading a book that has something to do with either dinosaurs or mythological creatures.


Let me first begin by telling you when I asked this child what kind of animal he had in his arms he told me "a dragon". Now, I am not an expert at animal identification, but I KNOW that is a polar bear. It all became more clear to me (regarding why he was giving this polar bear an identity crisis) when I noticed the book he was reading was all about dragons, some of which are "real and some are fake", as he informed me. (Again, not an animal expert, but I can assure you this book portrays only highly ridiculous and mythical creatures).


Then he shared with me a little about one of his favorite dragons- the Luckdragon. For those of you who may have been previously misinformed or worse yet, uninformed, about the Luckdragon allow me to clarify. This dragon is actually so large, it could swallow the moon whole. In addition, water is a Luckdragon's nemesis, as it would immediately suffocate or extinguish the flames that the Luckdragon is constantly shooting from it's mouth.


Why do I waste your time with all of this? Because I hope you never run into the fire breathing Luckdragon, however, if you get a chance to meet this child, please have a conversation with him- the information he offers never disappoints.