Puff, the Magic Dragon poem titled "Custard the Dragon", about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon". The lyrics tell a story of the ageless dragon Puff and his playmate, Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up and loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff to be with himself. (The line "A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys" is generally thought to imply only that "little Jackie Paper" grew up.) The story of the song takes place "by the sea" in the fictional land of "Honalee". Lipton was friends with Peter Yarrow's housemate when they were all students
The Dragon of the North The Dragon of the North The Dragon of the North (, literally Frog of the North) is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in "Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud". Andrew Lang included it in "The Yellow Fairy Book"; he listed his source as "Der Norlands Drache" from "Ehstnische Märchen", which was the German translation of Kreutzwald's work, by F. Löwe. A dragon came from the north and devastated land. It was said that a man with King Solomon's ring could stop it. A brave young man set out to find some way. A famous Eastern magician told him that