A king and his daughter lived happily in their castle together, but they did not know deep in a forest an evil, fire-breathing Dragon awaited them.

One day the Dragon decided to reveal himself to the village. The Dragon terrorised the village and the peoples fear lasted for days. Finally the Dragon makes a deal that he would stop destroying the village as long as he is rewarded with Princess Sabra.

“Please let me go farther I will save our village I’m not afraid,” pleaded Sabra.

“No Sabra I can’t let you go,” reasoned her father.

“Fine we can make a deal. We can send a pig from the farm and if it does not return at sunrise the next day I will not go, however if it does return at sunrise the next day I shall go,” said Sabra.

And so the deal was made. The next day a pig was released from the farm to go where it wished.

Sunrise the next day the King, Sabra and a crowd of nervous villagers waited outside the castle gates for the pig. The sun began to rise and the pig came hobbling up the hill.

The villagers gasped. Sabra looked at her Father.

“No I will not allow you to go!" Snapped her Father.

“But we made a deal!” Sabra screamed “You must let me go.”

“No Sabra and that is the end of it.”

He said more calmly.

At midnight Sabra awoke and got dressed.

She walked towards the bedroom door and turned the old fashioned brass knob… it was locked! Sabra cursed her Father, he was up to something.

At 6:30 am the next day Sabra was woken by distant voices, one of which was her Father’s, outside the castle.

They were saying “I am ordering you three girls in turn to pretend to be Princess Sabra and go to the Dragon. Nancy you will go today, if you return you may go back home to your mother. Elizabeth if Nancy doesn’t return you and Sophia will be sent back home to your mothers, however if Nancy returns, Elizabeth, you shall go as Sabra tomorrow. If Elizabeth doesn’t return Sophia you can go home, but if Elizabeth does return you must go and … stay. And one more thing good luck.”

So at noon that day Nancy set off in her Sabra disguise. She was wearing a black silky wig and a golden robe made entirely of Arabian silk. A servant led her, tied her to a tree, said goodbye then left her for the danger that awaited her.

The Dragon was not pleased and sent Nancy back to the castle.

The next day Elizabeth put on the same disguise. A servant led her, tied her to a tree, said goodbye then left her for the danger that awaited her. The Dragon was still not pleased and sent Elizabeth back to the castle. The next day after that Sophia put on the same disguise. A servant led her, tied her to a tree, said goodbye then left her for the danger that awaited her. The Dragon was yet again not pleased and told Sophia to return to the castle. Sophia refused to do what the dragon told her. He pulled the ropes that were binding her to the tree, off and told her to leave at once.

Meanwhile Sabra was sneaking off into the forest where Sophia and the Dragon were. Sabra ran towards Sophia. “Go back to the castle at once and tell my Father I am here with Dragon. And tell him I love him.” Sabra said.

“Okay Princess Sabra and good luck.” Sophia said waving goodbye.

The Dragon licked his lips at the idea of devouring little Sabra.

A few miles away an unknown man was told by a villager of the brave girl about to be killed by a ferocious, fire-breathing dragon. With that the man rode off on his magnificent, midnight black horse, deep into the dark forest. He jumped off the horse’s back and drew his glistening, emerald encrusted, sword. The Dragon breathed fire at the mysterious man but luckily he blocked the flames with his shiny, crystal engraved shield. The flames felt like one thousand suns beaming at him. He battled the ferocious flames with all his strength. He plunged his sword ferociously in to the Dragons heart. The Dragon screamed with the pain. Blood spurted all over the mysterious man and on Princess Sabra, ruining her beautiful velvet dress. The Dragon lay dead on the gravel floor. The man went over to Princess Sabra and comforted her.

“Thank you so much for saving my life, you are a true hero,” Sabra said to the man.

“I wouldn’t let a beautiful princess die in front of my own eyes,” replied the man.

The man and Sabra rode on the man’s horse to the castle.

The next day, the king knighted the man and said, “You will now be known as St. George who slayed the dragon.”