The fable the dragon tyrant

If few dragonoligist argued it might be Time for a new attack one had invented in material so sharp a dragon scale it would not be easy but if huge projectile could be made out of this material and launch with sufficient force and sufficient Percision it might penetrate the dragons armor however it would be difficult and expensive and time consuming to do the dragon ologists explained the proposal to anyone who would listen but the people were skeptical they had been taught the dragon tyrant was invincible and the sacrifices it demanded the fact of life jet when they learned about the new material and the idea for a projectile many became intrigued with the king read about the plans he decided to hold an open hearing place on the last and darkest day of the year in the largest hall of the royal castle people packed into every last seat and crowded the isles the kings advisor spoke first telling the people it was best they except the inevitability of the dragon and the dragon administration department provided many jobs that would be lost were the dragon slaughtered and the kingdoms conference were empty after building the new railway next the dragonologist explained how the proposed device would work how the requisite amount of new invented material could be manufactured given the requested amount of funding it may be possible to complete the work in 15 to 20 years with greater funding maybe 12 however there could be no guarantee last to speak with the kings advisor for morality what is grants he said the project is technologically possible though it hasn't been proven to me presumably you think you've got the right not to be chewed up how willful how presumptuous how vain shortness of human life is a blessing getting rid of the dragon which might seem such a convenient thing to do would undermine our dignity preoccupation with killing the dragon but the fact is from realizing more fully the aspirations to which our lives naturally point from living well rather than merely staying alive the nature of the Dragon is to eat and our own nature my friends is no believe for filled only by getting him a dragon is necessary the dragon is good was silent then a small child yelled out from the audience the dragon is bad the child's parents turned red and hushed but the child said again the dragon is bad kills people eat my granny I want my granny back the hall was silent again in a woman stood the dragon killed my parents a man followed and stood the dragon killed my wife and my daughter more and more people stood the simple fact that the dragon kill the loss of it the weight of it crashing over the hall the way out from under remote yet maybe possible the king looking at the first child to speak announced let us kill the dragon the next morning 1 billion people walk to realize they or those they loved might be sent to the dragon before the projectile launched whereas before active support for the anti-dragon calls have been limited it now became the number one priority and concern on everyone's mind mass rallies raise money for the project tile project and urged the king to increase support which he did passing extra appropriations bills and selling his summer castle announcing I believe that this kingdom should commit itself to achieving the goal before the decade is out of freeing the world from an ancient scourge of the dragon started a great technological race against time dragon killing weapon required solutions to be thousand technical problems each of which require dozens of time-consuming steps and the steps test missiles were fired but felt dead to the ground or flew off in the wrong direction terrible accident happened but there was now a seriousness of purpose and the work continued but despite almost unlimited funding and round the clock work by technicians the kings deadline could not be met the task was hard the decade concluded and the dragon still live still eta was getting closer a year later the first prototype missile successfully launched the construction of the final projectille eventually set to complete and launch on New Year's Eve 12 years after the projects ration the last day of the year was cold and overcast but still and clear good launch as the sun sets technicians scheduled around making the final adjustments and checks the king and his advisers observe from a platform close to the launch pad further away behind a fence the public assemble to witness the great event in large clock countdown 10 minutes to go the dark slums profile of the dragon beyond someone jumped the fence and ran to the platform are the kings that company by security in a frenzied state his nose bleeding he shouted the last train stop the last train is a junior clerk in the Ministry of transportation he had discovered that his father was on the last train to the mountain the king had the trains to continue to the very end any disruption my caused the dragon to stir and the missile to miss The young man begged the king to issue a recall order for the last train due to arrive at the mountain terminal five minutes before zero. Five minutes before times zero I cannot do it set the king I cannot take the risk it will alert the dragon the clouds above their head let loose the rain I am so sorry the king continued hat we started but one day earlier your father would not have to die looking at the crowd thinking of all the losses that they and he had endured this project should have been started years earlier than we did so many need not have been killed by the dragon how do we but awoken from our acceptance of his horror sooner the young man's wailing ceased the king Looked up at the countdown clock five seconds remaining 4 3 2 1 0 a fire ball and enveloped launch pad in the missile shout out to the masses the king the low in the high the young the old that white flame shooting into the dark spirit its fear and hope. It struck the heart of evil. The sillhouette on the horizon tumbled and fell thousands of voices of joy rose from the masses join seconds later by a deafening drawn out after all this time humanity was a blast free from the dragon