Framed mixed mediumonwood
Created by Mark Mallia & Etienne Farrell
Size: 40cm x 40cm

Dragun Draganti

Sultan kellu tifla sabia li ma seta jikkuntentaha bxejn. Qaltlu li kienet tiewwe biss lil prinep li jkollu snienu tad-deheb. Bgaeb tagha, darba fost l-orajn ie prinep bi snienu tad-deheb u kellha tiewu. Wara li spiaw il festini tat-tie, il-prinep ried joodha fartu a juriha lil ommu u missieru. Ida ma damitx ma ndunat li dan ma kien prinep xejn, ida dragun kattiv li sakkarha fl-gar tiegu u kien jordnala biex issawwat l-annimali li kien hemm jgixu magha. Darba minnhom, baqra tkellmet u qalet lit-tfajla li l-annimali kollha kienu fil-verita, bnedmin mibdulin mid dragun. Qaltilha wkoll li kien hemm sebat awa li setgu isalvawha. Il-prinipessa bagtet ew amimiet lil missierha u dan sab lill-awa u bagthom jeilsu l bintu. Grazzi gas-seer li kellhom, irnexxilhom jeilsu lill prinipessa u jistabaw o torri. Ida d-dragun tmasan, kisser it-torri u rea arab bit-tfajla. Gaddew is-snin u t tfajla kienet kwai qatget qalbha li kienet qatt se ssalva, meta xia qaltilha li s-sebat awa kien twildilhom uhom ieor li kellu s-setga li jelisha. Pietru, kif kien jismu, kiber minn tarbija gal uvni fi ftit jiem, u grazzi gall-martell li kellu, qatel lid-dragun, salva lill-prinipessa u l dawk kollha li kien hemm fl-gar. Wara li ewu baqghu jgixu kunteni flimkien gal ajjithom kollha.

Dragon Draganti

A king had a beautiful daughter who was also very hard to please. She declared that she would only marry a prince who had golden teeth. One day, such a prince did appear and the princess had no other choice but to marry him. After the festivities were over, the prince wanted to take the princess to his land to meet his parents. However, he turned into a fierce dragon and she realised he was not a prince. He took her to his lair and made her beat the animals that he kept captive. One day, to her amazement, a cow spoke to her and revealed that the animals he kept were once humans too. The cow told the girl about seven brothers who were the only ones who could save them. The girl sent two pigeons to her fathers castle, carrying a message. The kind found the brothers and sent them on the quest to free his daughter. Now these brothers had special powers, thanks to which the princess managed to escape and to hide in a tower. However the dragon soon found them, destroyed the castle and took the princess back. Years later, an old woman told the princess that the brothers who had tried to save her, had just become brothers to another brother who grew from baby to man in a few days. Peter, as he was called, was very strong and soon killed the dragon with his hammer. And the princess married Peter and they lived happily ever after.