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    The Littlest Wyrm-Maid
    The Littlest Wyrm-Maid
    The Littlest Wyrm-Maid
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    The Littlest Wyrm-Maid

    By Rebecca Lickiss

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    Fractured fairy tale, with a dragon that's in love with stories

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherViking Horde Media
    Release dateNov 28, 2010
    ISBN9781452354224
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      The Littlest Wyrm-Maid - Rebecca Lickiss

      The Littlest Wyrm-Maid

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      Rebecca Lickiss

      Smashwords Edition

      The Littlest Wyrm-Maid Copyright © 2006 by Rebecca Lickiss

      Cover art copyright © 2010 by Alan L. Lickiss and Rebecca Lickiss

      Originally published in Baen’s Universe 2006

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes:

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      The problem, of course, was that humans were such speciesists. Go ahead ask any human and they’d tell you – trolls are dumb as rocks; elves are all tall, snotty fairies; dwarves are greedy, hairy bastards; and dragons are all untrustworthy, slippery, winged-and-taloned snakes.

      Theora watched the three human wizards cower against the rocks as she contemplated this problem. If she tried to pick the wizards up to bring them more to her eye level - something she considered a courtesy – they’d be bound to scream about her talons and scales. If she brought her head down to their level, the tall thin one would surely strike her nose with that silly knobbed stick he was waving about. Her only choice was to try speaking with them. Theora had practiced speaking as humans did for over five years now. She still had some difficulty creating the proper noise from her mouth without crisping the listener.

      As she took a deep breath, the chubby one – he looked like he had some good eating on him - began clawing the rock and screaming arcane phrases. Concentrating, Theora managed to say, Purchase magic spell?

      The tall, thin one stopped mid-gesture and gaped at her. The chubby one turned his tearstained face to her – his head would be nicely salted now just the way she liked it. The third, a young fire-haired man, grinned and said,

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