Dragon sits at the foot of Volcano. She puffs.

"What's wrong?"says Wolf.

"I'm feeling unwell and want to get some fresh air, the air is suffocating."

"It's not my fault," Volcano rumbles.

Wolf sniffs. "It's those little dragons. Can't you smell how those eggshells stink? Yetch. "

"No," says Dragon.

"It's intoxicating. Can we leave?"

"And Brother?"

Wolf scratches his neck with his hind leg.

"He wants to be here. This is his life. Why worry? "

"And those eggs... how can he take care of them?"

"You could take care of him back then."

"Yes, but he's a boy."

"So what?"

"He didn’t lay those eggs. He’s still weak. What if the mother comes back for her eggs and Broer refuses to—

"Whoa, wait a minute. You took the eggs, and you're the one who buried them. Didn’t you want to eat them?"

"Are we going to eat?" asks Paddington, who has just woken up. "It's about time. It’s a patgetic6 place for hungry bears like me. No honey, no bees, no eggs, no fish... Dragon, what’s going on? What does Brother eat, and what do those three little stinkers need?"

"Brother? Are you all right?"

Brother yawns; he looks bad.

"The smell is unbearable. I have to go, get some fresh air."

"I want to go home,"grumbles Paddington. "Come on, Dragon. Wolf has already left."

"Brother?"

"Go ahead,"says Brother, who has trouble keeping his eyes open.

"And those three?"

"Don’t worry, they are a strong breed."

"The mother—"

"I promised I would take care of the eggs, so also the young ones who—"

"They stink terribly," grumbles Paddington. "What’s that smell?"

"Sulphur... They’re sulphur dragons. That’s why they’re black."

"And the mother?"

Brother looks weakly in the direction of Volcano.

"Impossible," says Dragon, staring at Volcano. "How can she lay eggs?"

Brother doesn't answer and fallen asleep.

"Let’s go, Dragon. If you want, you can visit him in a while."

"Goodbye," she says, but no one answers. Brother sleeps, his tail curled around the three little Sulphurs.

With the bear on her back, Dragon flies North. At least the air is a lot fresher, she thinks.

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