Sweet maiden of the golden hair
Her dresses fine her features fair
Prisoner deep in dragon's lair
Adventurers and knights beware
Upon the doorstep of the beast
You're treated to a gruesome feast
The main course, you will like the least
Tis you alone, no spice, no yeast
But if you happen to slip by
While serpent is away in sky
Then hurry, but keep wary eye
For at his return, you will die
Then sneak quickly through tunnels deep
To find the woman fast asleep
Her shackles bolted, chained to feet
And those before, 'round her in heap
Blood staining hands and hair and slip
Understanding your mind takes grip
The dragon is no clear culprit
Instead sentry of a dire crypt
But then to ear disturbing sound
A hulking mass of scales on ground
You listen close, then turning 'round
Before you stands the girl who's bound
Your fates between them, you must choose
For would you life or soul to lose?
As too late to make pride a bruise
You've fallen hard for simple ruse
For had you thought with keener mind
Wisdom in damsel tale you'd find
Maybe villagers were not blind
Ignoring monsters of two kind
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