The princess handed fearless a black book, bound in gold, entitled: The Hoard Dragon. Not to be read by the fainthearted. Fearless read it aloud to Prince Jasleth. "The dragon is as high as a house, with scales no sword can pierce, and a mouth so huge it can swallow an army in one gulp - and once did to prove it. It has nine hundred and fifty-four teeth, each three inches long and as sharp as a needle. It never sleeps, and it hasn't been fed in a hundred years..." "Let's go home," said Jasleth.