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My Father's Dragon

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My Father's Dragon	comment	The My Father's Dragon series is a trilogy of children's adventure/fantasy chapter books. The first book, My Father's Dragon, was written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and originally published in 1948. In 1949, it was runner up for the Newbery Medal and was followed by two sequels, Elmer and the Dragon (1950) and The Dragons of Blueland (1951). The books are filled out with whimsical illustrations by the author's mother, Ruth Chrisman Gannett. There is a 1997 anime film based on the series, but it has been largely forgotten and fallen into obscurity.The story begins with the main character, Elmer Elevator, meeting a scruffy old alley cat one rainy night. In an act of kindness that surprises the cat, Elmer takes her home and cares for her. Though his mother makes him get rid of it, the cat is touched enough by his deed to return the favor. Upon finding out that it has always been his dream to fly airplanes when he grows up, the cat informs Elmer there is a way he can do that now.Though she is old now, she used to go on many trips exploring the world. One of her last travels took her to a strange and dangerous place known as Wild Island. Populated by various strange and feral beasts, no man dares go to it for fear of what horrors may be in store. One of the most fascinating and saddest inhabitants of the island is a little baby dragon, who hurt his wing and fell out of the sky. Once the animals found him, instead of aiding the dragon, they decided to hold him prisoner and use him as a ferry to cross the river.Shocked by this, Elmer decides to go a rescue the dragon. With just a few house hold items, he sets out for Wild Island.You may enjoy the first for free, courtesy of Project Gutenberg.A traditionally animated film adaptation produced by Cartoon Saloon and directed by Nora Twomey was released on November 11, 2022 via Netflix.
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My Father's Dragon / int_15177ded	type	The Runaway
My Father's Dragon / int_15177ded	comment	The Runaway: Elmer in the first book. He willingly goes to Wild Island so he can rescue the dragon whom the cat had told him about, and isn't sad in the least about running away from home for a while because he's mad at his mother for being rude to his new friend (the aforementioned cat).
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My Father's Dragon / int_1f14978d	type	Talking Animal
My Father's Dragon / int_1f14978d	comment	Talking Animal: All of the animals introduced, as they speak English with no explanation for why.
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My Father's Dragon / int_23ca8dff	type	Fantastic Nature Reserve
My Father's Dragon / int_23ca8dff	comment	Fantastic Nature Reserve: As revealed in book 3, dragons are hiding in the mountains of Blueland to keep themselves safe from knights and other humans who would hunt them. The plot of the book involves the dragons being discovered by a new group of humans, who trap them inside until Elmer comes to the rescue, allowing them to escape and head off in search of a new place to hide in again.
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My Father's Dragon / int_32a1f455	type	Alliterative Family
My Father's Dragon / int_32a1f455	comment	Alliterative Family: Presuming that they're a family, the little group of monkeys on Wild Island all have names starting with "R": Rosie, Rhoda, Rachel, Ruthie, Ruby, and Roberta.
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My Father's Dragon / int_34e15b76	type	Kindhearted Cat Lover
My Father's Dragon / int_34e15b76	comment	Kindhearted Cat Lover: Elmer. His first reaction upon meeting an old, wet alley cat is to invite her home with him. Initially averted with his mother, who hates cats and, when she discovers he's been keeping the cat in the cellar, literally throws her out the door. When Elmer returns home at the end of book 2 though, Mrs. Elevator admits that since Elmer did like the cat, when the animal came to her door the day after he left, she didn't have the heart to turn it away again and has developed a fondness for the cat herself in the two weeks since then.
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My Father's Dragon / int_37ad8d62	type	Heavy Sleeper
My Father's Dragon / int_37ad8d62	comment	Heavy Sleeper: On his way from Tangerina Island to Wild Island, Elmer is jumping from rock to rock to get there. At one point, he runs across a whale that's so sound asleep and snoring so loudly — narration describes it as "making more noise than a steam shovel" — that it doesn't notice Elmer literally landing on its back before walking along it to get to the next rock.
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My Father's Dragon / int_4f4bbeff	type	Interspecies Friendship
My Father's Dragon / int_4f4bbeff	comment	Interspecies Friendship: Elmer easily becomes friends with the cat from the alley, and he and the Dragon become incredibly close friends following the events of the first book.
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My Father's Dragon / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
My Father's Dragon / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: Elmer packs quite the bag, bringing chewing gum, two dozen pink lollipops, a handful of rubber bands, a pair of black rubber boots, a compass, a toothbrush, six magnifying glasses, a very sharp jackknife, a comb and a hairbrush, seven hair ribbons of different colors, an empty grain bag with a label saying "Cranberry", some clean clothes, and twenty-five peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Almost all of it helps him get past all the animals on the island. Justified, as the Cat has been there before him, and she's telling him what to bring. In book 3, he packs another bag of supplies when he needs to go help the dragon rescue its family, including a bunch of horns and whistles, a cap pistol and ammo, a ball of heavy string, chocolate bars and Fig Newtons, plus his jackknife and a flashlight.
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My Father's Dragon / int_52989fee	type	Narrator
My Father's Dragon / int_52989fee	comment	Narrator: Used only for the first book; the story is told by the nameless child of Elmer. The other two books are in third person.
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My Father's Dragon / int_53b6ab6a	type	Jumped at the Call
My Father's Dragon / int_53b6ab6a	comment	Jumped at the Call: Elmer does this twice. Early in book 1, Elmer has a talk with the cat, admitting he wants an airplane when he grows up so he could fly anywhere he wanted. When the cat tells him she knows a way for him to fly now, by going to a certain island, Elmer is so eager to go that he runs away from home to do so. In book 3, when Elmer learns his dragon friend's family is in trouble, he immediately agrees to come and help rescue them.
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My Father's Dragon / int_557dabce	type	Deserted Island
My Father's Dragon / int_557dabce	comment	Deserted Island: Elmer and his dragon friend land on one on their way back to Elmer's home, which was occupied by humans long ago but is now home only to canaries. While there, they find a chest of supplies, including a few bags of gold, that the previous settlers left behind for future inhabitants and which the King and Queen of the canaries are happy to share with them.
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My Father's Dragon / int_56ade6eb	type	Sapient Eat Sapient
My Father's Dragon / int_56ade6eb	comment	Sapient Eat Sapient: Well, they want to. All the animals in the series are fully capable of speaking and reasoning, but the predators on Wild Island see nothing wrong with eating any human who comes there — they've eaten every human explorer, and plan to eat Elmer until he distracts them with gum. A lion likewise tries to eat him until he gives it something to clean its mane with and sneaks away while it's distracted with that.
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My Father's Dragon / int_59a9605d	type	Never Smile at a Crocodile
My Father's Dragon / int_59a9605d	comment	Never Smile at a Crocodile: Early on, the cat warns Elmer that crocodiles are moody, undependable and unwilling to help the other animals cross the river because they just don't care about them. They don't actually try to eat Elmer, but they don't bother to try and help the other animals who are chasing him to stop him from freeing the dragon either.
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My Father's Dragon / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
My Father's Dragon / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Mr. Wagonwheel, introduced in book 3, who is a farmer and uses a wagon as his main method of transportation.
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My Father's Dragon / int_70af5e15	type	Anthropic Principle
My Father's Dragon / int_70af5e15	comment	Anthropic Principle: In the original book, protagonist Elmer Elevator is a small child who eventually became the narrator's father, so readers know from the start that Elmer must successfully escape the island alive and well in the end.
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My Father's Dragon / int_7881f335	type	Chekhov's Armoury
My Father's Dragon / int_7881f335	comment	Chekhov's Armoury: Justified in book 1 — Elmer packs up a backpack full of ordinary kid stuff, like whistles and sticks of gum, and sets out on a mission to rescue a dragon. You guessed it: everything he has in his backpack gets used at one point or another. He was advised to bring all that by a stray cat, the same cat who told him about the dragon in the first place. This is due to the cat having travelled to its island where it was held.
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My Father's Dragon / int_829b958e	type	Embarrassing First Name
My Father's Dragon / int_829b958e	comment	Embarrassing First Name: The dragon does not like his first name, Boris, which he admits to Elmer in book 3. Elmer reassures him that it's no worse a name than "Elmer", which the dragon has to agree with.
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My Father's Dragon / int_8437cb10	type	Made a Slave
My Father's Dragon / int_8437cb10	comment	Made a Slave: Essentially what happened to the baby dragon, whom the animals of Wild Island captured when he was hurt so that they could force him to carry they and their packages across the river between the two sides of the island.
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My Father's Dragon / int_9f39630a	type	Laborious Laziness
My Father's Dragon / int_9f39630a	comment	Laborious Laziness: The animals on Wild Island don't want to go all the way around the river to cross it, so they took a fallen and injured baby dragon prisoner, taking all that time to train him into carrying them instead.
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My Father's Dragon / int_a116a489	type	Herald
My Father's Dragon / int_a116a489	comment	Herald: The cat. She tells Elmer about the fantastical Wild Island, inspiring him to run away from home and go there.
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My Father's Dragon / int_aaedd10	type	Given Name Reveal
My Father's Dragon / int_aaedd10	comment	Given Name Reveal: The dragon's real name, Boris, isn't revealed to the readers until his family members speak it in book 3, and then to Elmer soon afterward.
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My Father's Dragon / int_b76f6cb2	type	Little Stowaway
My Father's Dragon / int_b76f6cb2	comment	Little Stowaway: In order to reach Wild Island, Elmer hides among some sacks in the hold of a cargo ship, later hiding himself inside a burlap sack he'd brought so he can be unloaded at the first stop without getting caught.
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My Father's Dragon / int_bac9f95d	type	Sweet Tooth
My Father's Dragon / int_bac9f95d	comment	Sweet Tooth: Many of the characters love sweets. Particularly, the tigers and crocodiles who are foiled with the use of chewing gum and lollipops, respectively. The dragon is also fond of the lollipops when he tries one in book 2, and his family enjoys chocolate when they're given some in book 3.
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My Father's Dragon / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
My Father's Dragon / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Elmer Elevator, the titular father of the first book.
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My Father's Dragon / int_c0935922	type	Dragon Rider
My Father's Dragon / int_c0935922	comment	Dragon Rider: Elmer ends up riding the dragon he's come to free in order to escape from Wild Island, fulfilling his dream of flying long before he thought he'd be able to. Since he saved it, the dragon is more than willing to let him ride it.
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My Father's Dragon / int_c368c3ea	type	Spoonerism
My Father's Dragon / int_c368c3ea	comment	Spoonerism: The mouse on Wild Island regularly mixes up the beginnings of words, sometimes with... unfortunate results, such as turning "Come back" into "Bum cack".
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My Father's Dragon / int_c8498840	type	Delightful Dragon
My Father's Dragon / int_c8498840	comment	Delightful Dragon: Dragons in general are friendly, but Elmer forms a special bond with one in particular, whom he rescues from being forced to work for the other animals on Wild Island.
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My Father's Dragon / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
My Father's Dragon / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: The cat. She is always the cat and never gets a name, even after Elmer and his family officially take her in.
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My Father's Dragon / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
My Father's Dragon / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: At one point in book 3, a little boy sees the dragon flying by and calls for his mother to come see it. She doesn't believe him at the time and just tells him to go back to bed.
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My Father's Dragon / int_d0d90308	type	Bizarre Taste in Food
My Father's Dragon / int_d0d90308	comment	Bizarre Taste in Food: As revealed in book 2, the dragon doesn't like tangerines... but he loves their peels.
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My Father's Dragon / int_d2ccb43e	type	Delicious Distraction
My Father's Dragon / int_d2ccb43e	comment	Delicious Distraction: Elmer at one point tricks a group of tigers into chewing some of his gum, which they happen to be very fond of, and later distracts a set of crocodiles, who want something sweet, with lollipops.
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My Father's Dragon / int_d88e125e	type	Our Dragons Are Different
My Father's Dragon / int_d88e125e	comment	Our Dragons Are Different: They're actually quite friendly, but are extremely shy, and eat mostly plants (the dragon Elmer rescues is particularly fond of skunk cabbages and ostrich ferns). They're also brightly colored, varying from plain blue and green to polka dots.
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My Father's Dragon / int_ed72657e	type	Rhino Rampage
My Father's Dragon / int_ed72657e	comment	Rhino Rampage: At one point, Elmer is attacked by a fierce, angry rhino. He mostly just wants people to stay out of his weeping pool, which he thinks (and rightly so) that Elmer is trying to drink from.
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My Father's Dragon / int_f86eb054	type	Call of the Wild Blue Yonder
My Father's Dragon / int_f86eb054	comment	Call of the Wild Blue Yonder: Elmer's dream has long been to fly through the sky, and go anywhere he wants, but thinks he'll have to wait until he grows up and can get an airplane. When the cat tells him about the dragon on Wild Island, he jumps at the opportunity to go there so he can free it and they can go flying together.
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