Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland
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Author: Not known
Publisher: Not known
Source book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling (Harry Potter #1)
It’s been illegal to breed dragons in Britain since it was outlawed by the Warlock’s Convention of 1709, but of course there are still dragons in the wild: Common, Welsh Green, and Hebridean Blacks.
Hermione, Harry and Ron are revising for the end of year exams in the library, when Ron spots Hagrid consulting Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland, and From Egg to Inferno, A Dragon Keeper’s Guide. They learn that, somewhat suspiciously, Hagrid has won a dragon egg at cards in the pub. Since everyone knows that Hagrid has always longed to own a dragon, illegal or not, it does seem unlikely that this is just a coincidence.
Hagrid has borrowed Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit from the library, and following its instructions has placed the egg in his fire to keep it hot. When it hatches he has to feed it a bucket of brandy mixed with chicken blood every half an hour. The book has an egg identification guide and Hagrid thinks he has a Norwegian Ridgeback. Apparently they’re quite rare.
When the egg hatches, Hagrid names the baby Norbert. Unfortunately by the time Norbert is two weeks old he will be as long as Hagrid’s house, so Ron contacts his brother Charlie in Romania; he’s a dragon expert and agrees to relieve them of Norbert.
There is also Men Who Love Dragons Too Much. Girls! Don’t get involved with these guys unless dragons are really your thing.
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