Once upon a time, there was a boy called Tim who lived in a small cottage in the forest with his parents. Tim’s family was very poor and they couldn’t afford to send Tim to school.
One day when Tim was walking down the river, he found a gigantic egg lying on the riverbed. “Look at that marvelous egg!” exclaimed Tim, “I’ve never seen such kind of egg before.” So Tim took it home curiously.
When Tim got home, he couldn’t wait to show his parents the mysterious egg. It was already dinnertime, but nobody felt hungry and they all marveled at this enormous egg. “What a large and beautiful egg it is!” Tim muttered, holding it with both of his hands. The egg itself even gave out golden lights in the dark and it could make the whole room as bright as the daytime.
Everyone in the family were curious about the egg and expected to find out what it was after being hatched, until one day a robber sneaked in and stole the egg. The next day, when Tim woke up, he couldn’t find his favorite egg, so he started searching for it in the forest.
Tim searched everywhere, the riverbed, the bushes, the swamps, even the caves the most dangerous animals lived in, but there was no clue of finding the egg. When Tim was just about to give up, he saw a sign near a deep gorge. “Home to Grumpy-the Greatest Robber in the World!” read Tim. Even though there was only a glimpse of chance that Grumpy might steal the egg, Tim still wanted to take the adventure to find out.
The path to Grumpy 's place was dark, humid and full of traps. Lots of fierce giants guards at the entrance to Grumpy ’s castle on top of the cliffs. Tim dodged traps, jumped over endless pits and even tricked the guards by giving them fake gold, which was made from rocks and golden paints.
When he got into Grumpy 's house, he found out the missing egg right in the middle of the room. But Grumpy was standing next to the egg with a sword at hand, “Don’t you dare to touch this egg!” Tim wasn’t afraid at all, and said “Oh, no! I dropped my gold in one of the pits!” Grumpy ’ eyes gleamed with greedy, “Lead me to it! NOW!” So Tim led him to one of the pits, then he secretly threw the remaining of his fake gold into it. “I see it!” exclaimed Grumpy and he jumped down without thinking of the danger.
Eventually Tim took back his egg and ran back home. When the mysterious egg got hatched, it turned out to be a dragon that could turn rocks to real gold. His parents got enough money to send Tim to school and guess what, Tim named the little dragon Goldy and his family lived happily ever after.