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The Last Clutch of Emberfall
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Wren froze. The order said to deliver the egg sealed and whole. A hatched egg would be worthless to them. He sat on a flat rock, cradled the egg in his coat, and let it crack. He wanted to see what came out before he decided anything.
The shell broke, but what crawled out was wrong. The little dragon was twisted and weak, one wing crumpled under it. It could barely lift its head. Wren realized the long cold journey had hurt it badly.
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Wren refused to give up. He tucked the weak dragon inside his shirt for warmth and fed it drops of water from his fingers. Slowly, color crept back into its scales. By morning, the little dragon could lift its crumpled wing.
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