"And as the dragon came out of the dungeon, following Johnnie and Tina into the bright gold and blue of their wedding-day, he blinked his eyes as a cat does in the sunshine, and he shook himself, and knocked off the last of his plates. And his wings with them too, he had no more of the armour, not even a screw! He was just like a very, very extra-sized cat. And from that day he grew furrier and furrier, and he was the beginning of all cats…"