“You don’t look like a dragon,” says Toynbee.<\/p>\n
The pink thing coils and thrashes. “Leave China for Korea, lose a toe,” it snorts. “Farther and you lose your scales. This far–this ugly empty place–I’ve lost almost everything!”<\/p>\n
Toynbee knows the dragon wants to be picked up. It’s covered in wet brown leaves; it has a pig’s nose. He keeps his hands in his pockets.<\/p>\n
“You grant wishes?” he says.<\/p>\n
“Of course,” it says quickly. “Many wishes. Dragon wishes!”<\/p>\n
“You don’t,” sighs Toynbee.<\/p>\n
“No,” says the dragon, “but FedEx me home and I’ll give you my next-to-last name.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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