Wednesday, August 27, 2014

August Smalls SAL Check In


I'm up to the eighth day of Dragon Dreams's Twelve Dragonlets of Christmas. Instead of maids milking, though...


we have dragons crying over spilled milk. It's kind of hard to see what's going on, I think, but there are two dragons there...the spiller and the...spillee. Have you all heard the saying, "Don't cry over spilled milk"? I looked up the origin of the phrase, but no one is really sure where it started. One theory is that since fairies love milk, spilled milk was considered an offering to them. If you scolded someone for spilling the milk, you'd be seen by the fairies as stingy and bring bad luck on the house!

I personally think that the dragon on the bottom was just going to enjoy a nice milk bath a la Cleopatra and is holding his ears to try and block out the sobbing dragon on top. Way to ruin a relaxing bath with all that blubbing!

8 comments:

Beth said...

Who knew that dragons even liked milk anyway?

Annie said...

Too funny. Jennifer has quite an imagination! Your stitching perfect too.

Suz said...

I love your explanation for what's going on with the bottom dragon, it's fantastic!

Maria del Valle said...

Poor little dragon!
I like your stitching and explanations!!

Brenda said...

I like your definition of the spilled milk too.

Julie said...

Another fun one... great job!

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

I found this a strange one too!

Funnily enough, the latest McD's advert asserts that dragons love milk. They are in a deal with How To Train Your Dragon and are trying to promote their healthy food range.

Like any child has ever gone into McDs and asked for a glass of milk! Other than their sugar-based milk-flavoured shakes LOL

Melanie said...

Those dragons must be milking the cows before they eat them because I don't believe dragons would make for very good dairy farmers.
Bubbles and suds it is! :)

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