This is the story of a very large but not very smart dragon that can be good-hearted, but usually is not. He sleeps for hundreds of years at a time in his mountain cave. Whenever he wakes up, he just about scares to death all the dogs, sheep, goats, and people for miles around. The dragon is curious and he is hungry. Goodness knows what he'll eat and what damage he'll do before he goes back to his cave. Only one person has a chance of stopping him, an old woman with a weak body and a very strong will.