*sigh* Public Speaking. And dragons really existed.

My family does 4-H. And this year--guess what. We get to do Presentation Day. Where you go and talk, in front of judges, about something-or-other.

Yeah. Not my thing.

Until you add my topic, of course.

I think my topic will be 'Are Dragons Real?' And I will try to convince people that they actually WERE real.

BECAUSE THEY ARE!!! Or were. Whatever.

First of all, the word 'dinosaur' wasn't thought up until around the 19th century by an English dude. Not really a dude, I think his title was Sir. The word 'dragon' may very well have been the ancient/medieval word for dinosaur.

Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His bones are tubes of bronze his limbs like rods of iron.
Job 40:15-18

His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
Job 41:15

His snorting throws out flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of dawn. Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds. His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth.
Job 41:17-21

Well...a creature with a tail like a cedar and limbs like iron. Sounds a wee bit like the diplodocus or apatosaurus, no?

And notice Job 41:17-21! This creature breathes fire!

The stories and references about dragons--Beowulf, St. George and the Dragon, the dragon emblem of China, the murals of the Native American Indians--are too wide spread to be made up.

Therefore, I believe that dragons--or dinosaurs--really did exist.

Sorry if I had a bunch of holes in my argument, it's time I should be in bed.

Either the dragon topic, or I'll do one on trolls.

Goodnight!

Izori