Step you softly on the stair,
tiptoe past the dragon’s lair.

Take care!

If he hears the slightest sound,
he will wake and look around,
and spy you sneaking past his den
and rise and roar and flame
and then…

Beware!

Step you softly on the stair,
mind the dragon sleeping there.

[Published in Ironstone 3 (2011)]