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Copyright © 1991, 2019 by Dav Pilkey
All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. scholastic, acorn, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.
The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.
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557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business
establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Pilkey, Dav, 1966– author, illustrator.Title: A Friend for Dragon / Dav Pilkey.
Description: [New edition] | New York : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2019. | Originally published in 1991 by Orchard Books. | Summary: Dragon is lonely so he goes looking for a friend and when an apple falls on his head he is
convinced that he has found one; but at home Apple is quiet and unresponsive, and when a visit to the doctor only makes things worse, Dragon mourns the loss of his friend — until an apple tree grows where Apple is buried.Identifiers: LCCN 2018025743| ISBN 9781338341065 (hc : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781338341058 (pb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Dragons — Juvenile fiction. | Apples — Juvenile fiction. | Loneliness — Juvenile fiction. | Friendship — Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Dragons — Fiction. | Apples — Fiction. | Loneliness — Fiction. | Friendship — Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.P63123 Fr 2019 | DDC [E] — dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018025743
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Printed in China 62This edition first printing, May 2019
Book design by Dav Pilkey and Kirk Benshoff
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Chapter 1 A Friend for Dragon 1
Chapter 2 Friends at Home 13
Chapter 3 The New Day 23
Chapter 4 Good-bye 41
Chapter 5 Summertime 49
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There once was a blue dragonwho lived in a little houseall by himself.Sometimes Dragon got lonely.
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“I wish I had a friend,” said Dragon.So he went out into the worldto look for a friend.
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Dragon went to the woodsand met a small black squirrel.
“Will you be my friend?”said Dragon.
“No,” said the squirrel.“I’m too busy.”
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Dragon went to the riverbankand met a fat gray hippo.
“Will you be my friend?”said Dragon.
“No,” said the hippo.“I’m too tired.”
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Dragon went to the pondand met a slick green crocodile.
“Will you be my friend?”said Dragon.
“No,” said the crocodile.“I’m too grouchy.”
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