Dorothy was born in a Welsh cave high up on a mountainside, far from civilization. She clawed her way out of her egg, then looked around. But there were no dragons to be found in the cave, nor any other creatures.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet piper.
BOBO shook paws with piper the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
piper gave you 5 "Quakin' Pumpkin (Kooky Cookie)" FULL SIZE
There was another egg in the cave; but it was cold, and Dorothy could tell the baby dragon inside was not moving. Its heart did not beat; it lay lost in death.
Dorothy grieved for her unborn twin. But all the time she wondered, where was her mother?
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet DaiDai.
BOBO shook paws with DaiDai the Green Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy wondered how she could find other dragons. She stepped out of the cave into the winter. There she discovered the fire within her kept her warm and gave her life.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Sniffles.
BOBO shook paws with Sniffles the Brown Rustic Rabbit. They both received one silver mole!
Sniffles gave you 5 "Skeleton Shimmy (Kooky Cookie)" FULL SIZE
As soon as Dorothy could fly, she began trying to find other dragons. She travelled to places named after them, such as Gaztelugatxe, Spain, where there is a Rock Dragon. No real dragons were there; just a church on the top.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Choose a name.
BOBO shook paws with Choose a name the Tabby Cat. They both received one silver mole!
Choose a name and you found 5 "Autumn’s Bounty, Handpainted Plaque" size 4.
Dorothy went back to Spain and visited Dragon Island. But it seemed places had been named after dragons long ago. Then the dragons had all gone away, but their names remained. So Dorothy gave up looking for real dragons, and went home to Wales.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Trixie.
BOBO shook paws with Trixie the Green Rapid Dragonfly. They both received one silver mole!
Trixie gave you 5 "Skeleton Shimmy (Kooky Cookie)" FULL SIZE
Back in Wales, Dorothy saw a picture of a dragon on a wall. She decided to look for the very best pictures of dragons. What did people think they used to look like? Through their pictures, she could find out more about out who she was.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Coal.
BOBO shook paws with Coal the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Bhutan has a dragon on its flag, so Dorothy searched there. Apparently people in Bhutan had known about dragons long ago and still remembered them. But there was not much art for her to see there that had been made recently.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Lilly.
BOBO shook paws with Lilly the Night Scares Caterpillar
. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy had high hopes of learning about her kin at the Chinese New Year Dragon Dance in Mauritius. But all the dragons were just costumes with people inside them. This told her people thought dragons were important, but costumes for humans could not look much like a real dragon.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Choco.
BOBO shook paws with Choco the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Choco gave you 5 "Skeleton Shimmy (Kooky Cookie)" FULL SIZE
Dorothy heard China was the best place for dragons. She found a huge dragon sculpture. This must be what people thought dragons had looked like. But Chinese dragons might not be much like Welsh ones. Perhaps they were as different as Chinese and Welsh people are? All those coils!
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Dragoon.
BOBO shook paws with Dragoon the Green Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Dragoon and you found 5 "Horseshoes And Leaves, Decoration" size 4.
Near the sculpture Dorothy found a fairground where humans could ride on a beautiful model of a dragon. But this one was nothing like the sculpture. Either individual dragons must be very different, or these people were just guessing what they looked like.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Jaylee.
BOBO shook paws with Jaylee the Chocolate Milky Moo Cow. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy was not sure if the Hong Kong Lion Dance featured a dragon or a lion. She asked the people inside the costume. They told her the dance went back to ancient times. Perhaps Dorothy would like to look at ancient dragon art?
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Lady.
BOBO shook paws with Lady the Black Lovable Labrador. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy began travelling again, trying to find the very oldest pictures and sculptures of dragons. Perhaps they were made when people could still remember what her ancestors looked like. In the Chinese Forbidden City, Dorothy found a truly ancient sculpture.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet shyla.
BOBO shook paws with shyla the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy returned to Bhutan. Now she was looking for the very oldest pictures of dragons, not the 'best' ones. She wondered if dragons had ever been drawn correctly by people, or did they just use them to represent their fears?
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Fancy Face .
BOBO shook paws with Fancy Face the Dauntless Dolphin. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy moved on to Thailand. In the north of that country she found dragons carved in ancient temples ... but she hoped she was not descended from a dragon-slug!
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Skippy.
BOBO shook paws with Skippy the Brown Pony. They both received one silver mole!
Skippy gave you 5 "Giggle Spider (Kooky Cookie)" FULL SIZE
Travelling to the south of Thailand, Dorothy found majestic sculptures of dragons she would be proud to have been descended from. But she was happy to have one head, not three!
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Butterfly Lady.
BOBO shook paws with Butterfly Lady the Butterfly Blue. They both received one silver mole!
All roads lead to China when you are looking for early dragon sculptures. Just like the huge modern sculpture she had seen in China, this older sculpture was all coils and tail. She was not much like this one.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet frosty.
BOBO shook paws with frosty the Arctic Feisty Fox. They both received one silver mole!
As she wandered round Chinese temples, for the first time Dorothy saw dragons depicted in large groups. Had they once lived in families? Now she missed her unborn sibling more than ever.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Twitch.
BOBO shook paws with Twitch the Brown Rustic Rabbit. They both received one silver mole!
Twitch and you found 5 "Autumn’s Bounty, Handpainted Plaque" size 4.
In Taiwan, Dorothy found ancient dragon sculptures in bright colours. For the first time she felt like she could be looking at one of her forbears! But this one was far more brightly coloured than she was.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Panda.
BOBO shook paws with Panda the Panda Cub. They both received one silver mole!
Panda and you found 5 "Gathering Autumn’s Bounty Basket" size 4.
Now Dorothy was beginning to run out of well-known dragon art and was having to peek in the less well-known and least hopeful areas. In Nepal, she found a stone carving which looked like it worked for the humans as a guard dragon.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Midnight.
BOBO shook paws with Midnight the Midnight Happy Dragon. They both received one silver mole!
Midnight gave you 1 "Dorothy the Explorer Dragon" size 7
In Sri Lanka, Dorothy found a brass casting set in stone. It looked like a hippo with a frill. Ugh! Surely dragons had never looked like this? She decided to go home to Europe and see if Western art depicted dragons which looked more like her.
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet kitty.
BOBO shook paws with kitty the Grey Playful Kitten. They both received one silver mole!
Oh, wonders! In Ljubljana, Slovenia, Dorothy at last found dragon art which really looked like her! So powerful, so majestic ... four legs, two wings and an elegant neck. This was how Dorothy would like to be depicted! But if there had once been dragons which looked like her, where did they all go?
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Ivory.
BOBO shook paws with Ivory the Leopard gecko. They both received one silver mole!
As she travelled home to Wales, Dorothy stopped in London to look for sculptures there. Beside this one was a copy of the legend of St George. Had George killed all the dragons? What had they done to him? Perhaps St George killed all but a very few who hid in Welsh mountains?
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Sky.
BOBO shook paws with Sky the Blue Baby Rhino. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy went to a museum where she saw a sculpture of a sad dragon. She felt just as sad. The only thing which could cheer her up would be flying off to strange new lands. Then Dorothy realised she had found her calling in life; to be an explorer!
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Penelope.
BOBO shook paws with Penelope the Designer Black Poodle. They both received one silver mole!
Dorothy gave you a really great gift, "Dorothy’s backpack" !
As soon as she knew her calling, Dorothy was mystically transported to her mother's side. Only after finding out who she was, could she meet her family. This is the way of dragons!
BOBO has enjoyed meeting Dorothy, but it is time to go home. Please select another pet as visitor, so it can also enjoy this event!
While learning about the Trait pets, you meet Blueberry.
BOBO shook paws with Blueberry the Night Scares Caterpillar
. They both received one silver mole!
Blueberry gave you 1 ""It's a Pet's Life!" Experience Badge" size 7