It's Dorothy here! Welcome to Around the World in Great Displays! I came to London with my leonine colleague for his tour and we had a goodbye meal at this restaurant in Camden, north-west London, with its guardian dragon! We had such a great time.
While exploring a city, you met Spike.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Spike the Hedgehog. They both received five silver moles!
Spike gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Floating Crystal" size 7
I've flown 600 miles north from London! Do you see a basking dragon, its front claws outstretched on the shell-strewn sand? Or do you find the most fearsome thing here the Scottish cold and rain? Brrrrr!
While exploring a city, you met Oscar.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Oscar the Manatee (Brown). They both received five silver moles!
Oscar gave you 1 "Jolie's Tears, Pointed Upright" size 8
Now flying west to the Irish Republic! Lough Eske Castle in Donegal nestles amidst dramatic landscapes, ragged coastlines and vast seascapes. It's just the place for one of my dragon cousins to lurk!
While exploring a city, you met Catatonia °.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Catatonia ° the Fairy Lights Mushroom. They both received five silver moles!
Catatonia ° and you found 5 "Pink Crysanthemum Bouquet" size 4.
I've come to Continental Europe next. Where to start? Sweden! Look at this fierce-looking water drain! The 16th C Gripsholm Castle towers, almost as if in a fairy tale, over the idyllic small town of Mariefred. I'm hungry after all that flying. Where's my smörgås?
While exploring a city, you met Miss Taken.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Miss Taken the Brown Badger. They both received five silver moles!
Miss Taken gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Extra Large, Tilted" size 7
Lofoten, northern Norway is untamed beauty, where mountains meet the sea. It basks in the ethereal midnight sun during summer and witnesses the magical Northern Lights from autumn to spring. In a quiet rockpool is the Dragon's Eye...
While exploring a city, you met Blinky.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Blinky the Mauve Koala. They both received five silver moles!
Isn't this sand sculpture in Lappeenranta, Finland, just amazing? Look at the attention to detail! The dragon must have been standing motionless for hours for the artist to be able to make such an accurate sculpture!
While exploring a city, you met Hammy.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Hammy the Practically Perfect Pink Pig. They both received five silver moles!
This is a magical place ... such a beautiful scene! My Russian friend here is well versed in dragon lore, and weaves wonderful tales. You will often see a little group of young dragons sitting entranced in front of her, scarcely breathing as the excitement builds!
While exploring a city, you met 魏婴.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with 魏婴 the Charcoal Hare. They both received five silver moles!
魏婴 gave you 1 "Jolie's Tears, Pointed Upright" size 8
Ooh, just look at the brooding intensity of Dragon Rock, near Bonn! I was expecting a huge dragon to come flapping up through the wreathing mist towards the sky at twilight!
While exploring a city, you met Oscar.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Oscar the Manatee (Brown). They both received five silver moles!
Oscar gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Large, Tilted" size 7
We all enjoyed our Valentine's holiday visit to Austria back in February! The Salzkammergut area is wonderful, isn't it? The peaks in the background are named after their resemblance to slumbering dragons. This is one of my favourite spots in the world.
While exploring a city, you met Trisha.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Trisha the Vanilla Milky Moo Cow. They both received five silver moles!
Trisha gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Pointed Upright" size 7
The tall and imposing dragon tree, Dracaena draco, can be found in Madeira, an archipelago of four islands which is a region of Portugal off the north-west coast of Africa. In the past, ‘dragon’s blood’—tree resin—was a valuable commodity, obtained by extracting the red sap from the trunk.
While exploring a city, you met Choose a name.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Choose a name the Tabby Cat. They both received five silver moles!
Choose a name and you found 5 "Pink, Rose Decorated Sunhat" size 4.
We've reached Central America! You need to be brave to tackle this, by the look of it! This is called the pitaya, the red dragon fruit. Once you're past the prickly exterior, though, it's delicious!
While exploring a city, you met Choose a name.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Choose a name the Tabby Cat. They both received five silver moles!
Choose a name gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Large, Tilted" size 7
I like to land just north of Quito and pretend I have my paws planted each side of the equator This is another place the tasty and nutritious dragon fruit grows! It doesn't look half as fierce at this stage.
While exploring a city, you met Daphne Fluffster Tinklehoof.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Daphne Fluffster Tinklehoof the Midnight Mauve Unicorn. They both received five silver moles!
Daphne Fluffster Tinklehoof and you found 5 "Pink Plush Bunny" size 4.
I was flying over Colombia and just had to glide down at this entrancing, peaceful scene at sunset. Dragon de fruta is the name in Spanish for dragon fruit, and here there were fields of them slumbering in the moonlight.
While exploring a city, you met Toby.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Toby the Black Great Dane. They both received five silver moles!
Toby gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Extra Large, Upright" size 7
Here's me posing with my old friend, Iggy, in the Lesser Antilles. (He doesn't call me Dorothy but Dotty—and perhaps I am!) He and I look so similar in many ways, yet we are poles apart in others. Doesn't he look like an old soul?
While exploring a city, you met Choose a name.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Choose a name the Tabby Cat. They both received five silver moles!
Choose a name and you found 5 "Pink Fairy, Doll" size 4.
It's a long way to fly all the way over the Indian Ocean! When I spotted an archipelago I took the opportunity to swoop down, rest and enjoy some refreshing mango, strawberry and dragon fruit.
While exploring a city, you met Choose a name.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Choose a name the Tabby Cat. They both received five silver moles!
This fearsome relative is to be found at Tanah Lot Hindu temple, Bali, east of Java, Indonesia. What an exotic-sounding location! Nothing like, say, 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam.
While exploring a city, you met Emily.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Emily the Strawberry Milky Moo Cow. They both received five silver moles!
Whilst I was in Tibet, also not so very far from Everest, I came across this elaborate building decoration. It has the same function yet looks totally different from the one in Sweden!
While exploring a city, you met Baby.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Baby the Holstein Friesian Calf. They both received five silver moles!
Baby gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Extra Large, Upright" size 7
Chinese script: per­haps in­vented in the Bronze Age by an imperial scribe, who took inspira­tion from animal tracks, land­scapes and the stars. On the night of creation of these characters, people heard the wail­ing of ghosts and demons, lament­ing that humans could no longer be cheated. How spooky!
While exploring a city, you met Unity.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Unity the Stardust Unicorn. They both received five silver moles!
Unity gave you 1 "Dorothy the Explorer Dragon" size 7
Wherever you are in the locality of this 13-peak massif located in Lijiang, China, you will find it dominates the skyline with its 13,350 ft/5596 m height! A small monastery was established in the 1750s at the foot of the mountain. It is relatively close to the border with northern Myanmar.
While exploring a city, you met Rhythmm.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Rhythmm the Purple Dragonfly 2.0. They both received five silver moles!
Rhythmm and you found 5 "Pink, High Fashion Boots" size 4.
Sanxiantai Island has a legend that it was formed from the footprints of three Taoist deities. The bridge leading to it is known as Dragon Bridge. Picture a dragon prone on the ground, its back making eight arches, and that is the design of this beautiful bridge!
While exploring a city, you met Oscar.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Oscar the Manatee (Brown). They both received five silver moles!
Japan has a centuries-old tradition of dragon boats, where the prow of the boat bears an ornamental dragon head. I've heard tales, passed down by my ancestors through the mists of time, about such boats being used to carry Shinto gods safely and ensure a bountiful harvest.
While exploring a city, you met Penguta.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Penguta the Emperor Penguin Chick. They both received five silver moles!
Penguta gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Floating Crystal" size 7
I was in a far-away place, stretching my wings in soar­ing flight, when I heard the call. It was too high-pitched for any human to hear, but to me it sent a message; I was near kin. I swoop­ed down to the sea caves and located this beauti­ful young dragon, just start­ing out on her life of ad­vent­ure. "My name is Dorothy," I told her. "I will return ..."
While exploring a city, you met Buzby.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Buzby the Blue Footed Booby. They both received five silver moles!
Dragon scales—aren't they just great? They are said to shatter any weapon, and their flat, over­lapping design means things hurled at us merely slide off. The scales are fire­proof. They are long, but move easily with our dragon muscles. Some breeds of dragon have pig­ment cells in their scales that allow them to change colour for camou­flage. Oh, don't you wish you were a dragon?
While exploring a city, you met Slippy.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Slippy the Slug. They both received five silver moles!
Slippy gave you 3 "Jolie's Tears, Full Crystal" size 7
Do you enjoy sitting down and writing by paw, just for the enjoyment of using pen on paper? If so, here's some very special paper for your memoirs! A brooding dragon, all ready to take off in flight! The flowers provide a lovely little pop of colour.
While exploring a city, you met Jeremy.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Jeremy the His majesty, the lion. They both received five silver moles!
Dorothy gave you a really great gift, "Regal Crown, Turquoise" !
Are you planning a tale of dragons and valour in days of yore? Here's the ideal cover image! I just love how the pastel pinks and blues contrast quite nicely with the dragon's expression! My, doesn't she look fierce?
Lily Kittentoes has enjoyed touring with Dorothy, but it is time to go home. This Event is over now, but there will be more events in PnF soon!
While exploring a city, you met Emerald.
Lily Kittentoes shook paws with Emerald the Green Happy Dragon. They both received five silver moles!