:Greetings;: you hear a rich female voice say. Looking up you spot, on tbe beams which hold the roof up, two minidragons. Bith are soft and the smae size, but they are different in color. The male is a soft blue-grey with dakr grey wings and a black muzzle and wingtips; the female is tan with dark beige wings and a black muzzle and highlights. Each of their noses is rahter long and you wouldn't be supirsed to see whiskers on either of them. You smile a hello.

:Greetings!: The seocnd voice is deeper and a bit harsher. As the on eleand forward, you reailize you have gotten their genders wrong, for the Grey one is the female and the Tan one the male.

:I am Istas,: says the tan one, and he does a short bow to you, :and this is my twin sister,:

:Chilali,: she finishes for him. :We are Hymalayan Minidragons, part of the spring contest. We've been working on a Go game, but seem to have misplaced a few of the pieces.:

:There it is!: shouts Istas. :Please pick your foot up; I think you're stepping on it.

You list your foot up and there, sure enough, is a tiny black droplet of glass. Picking it up, you hand it over to the two, who thank you greatly then return to their game, so intent upon it that they don't speak another word.

:They're at it again, aren't they?:

A smaller, beautiful young minidraogn flies down upon your shoulder. Her wings are soft and brilliantly colored in a rannge of wamr colors which remind you of a sunset or an autumn day. Her body, however, is birght green.

"Yes, I guess they are."

:Oh! So sorry; I'd forgotten hadn't I? My name is Terentia, and I am a guardian minidragon from the Saint Patrick's day contest. Would you believe that before I cam to live here a snake bit Latham? I would have never let that happen, had I been there. They said it swelled afterwords and hurt something awful. I'm sure all the minidraogns feel safer with a Protector minidragon around, especially Aislinn. She always worries for her mate.:

The Hymalayan twins placed forth in the Spring Contest, and each may have 28 eggs in a flight. The Protector Minidraogn placed 9th in the contest and may have 15 eggs in a flight.

Check the journal for info on Kephra's minidragons.