SMALL TOWN GETS UNEXPECTED VISITOR

Not much happens in the rundown town of Buttonville. But last week, a handful of locals swear they saw an unusual creature running up the street.

“It was a dragon,” Mrs. Martha Mulberry said. As the president of the Buttonville Welcome Wagon Committee, Mrs. Mulberry says it’s her job to greet all newcomers when they come to town. “I tried to talk to it, but the nasty thing spat fire at me.”

“I’m an expert on vermin,” Bug Guy said. He works as an exterminator. “And that was the biggest pest I’ve ever seen. It was definitely a dragon.”

Since the sighting, Buttonville has been flooded with tourists. “That dragon is the best thing that ever happened to this town,” said Mr. and Mrs. Petal, owners of the local Dollar Store. “We can barely keep our shelves stocked. The tourists are buying so much stuff.”

But others are skeptical. “Dragons aren’t real,” said a boy named Ben Silverstein. “You’d have to be a little bit crazy to believe in dragons.”

“They are real,” said a girl named Victoria Mulberry. “And I’m going to prove it.”

“She’s been sitting on the roof every night with her camera,” Mrs. Mulberry said about her daughter. “When that dragon flies by, she’ll get a photo. And then everyone will see that we’re not crazy.”

“Yeah, but every time I get up there, someone takes the ladder away,” Victoria said. “I bet it’s that Pearl Petal. She’s a troublemaker!”

Pearl Petal was busy with chores and could not be reached for comment.