National Geographic Kids - USA (2019-10)

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NAT GEO KIDS (^7)
fiery facts
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BY ANDREA SILEN
about dragons
People
in China once
thought dragons
controlled
rain.
Some
stories say that
dragon eggs
took
3,000 years
to hatch.
Ancient
people may
have mistaken
dinosaur bones
for dragon
remains.
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Draco,
the Latin word
for “dragon,”
is the name of a
dragon-shaped
constellation.
In parts of Asia,
these mythical
creatures were
considered
kind.
Long
ago in Europe,
people believed
dragon’s blood
cured illness.
The
capital of
Vietnam was
once known as
Thang Long,
or “Soaring
Dragon.”
Dragons
in very old
South American
tales had
feathers.
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