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On the external journey, the character seeks what she wants.
On the internal journey, she finds what she needs.
External
Internal
OH NO, Li!le Dragon!
Establish the importance of his flame to Little Dragon
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OH NO, Li!le Dragon!To Ed T. S. I. M. H.
with special thanks to the Revisionaries
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data • Averbeck, Jim. •
Oh no, Little Dragon! / by Jim Averbeck. — 1st ed. • p. cm. • Summary: When rambunctious Little
Dragon’s flame goes out, only his mother can fix it. • ISBN 978-1-4169-9545-6 (hardcover) • ISBN
978-1-4424-4270-2 (eBook) • [1. Dragons—Fiction. 2. Mother and child—Fiction.] I. Title. •
PZ7.A933816Oh 2012 • [E]—dc23 2011026996
by Jim Averbeck
Establish the importance of his flame to Little Dragonand show that it isn’t entirely under his control
Little Dragon had a spark in his heart, so he could huff and puff and . . .
PHOOSH.
External
Internal
P H O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O S H !
PHOOSH!
PHOO-PHOOSH.
External
InternalEquilibrium
“But look how sooty you are. Time for a bath.”
“Oh Little Dragon,” Mama said, “I truly love your f lame.
External
Internal
Inciting IncidentMama calls bath time
Equilibrium
“Okay . . . ,” grumbled Little Dragon.
OH NO! “I hate taking baths,” Little Dragon said.
“You can play with your new wooden boat,” said Mama.
External
Internal
Inciting IncidentMama calls bath time
EmotionOh No! Hates bath time
Action - LD speaksInsuf Result “wooden boat”
Emotion“Okay”
PHOOSH. PHOOSH!
“Grrrrrr!” Little Dragon growled. “You are toast.” Then he huffed and puffed and . . .
External
InternalEmotion“Okay”
Action - LD flamesUnex Result - Boat catches fire
Cann
onba aaaallllll! Little Dragon Fire Department to the rescue.
OH NO!
External
InternalEmotion-Oh No! FEAR Fire not controlled
Action - LD CannonballResult - Boat extinguished
Glug–
Hahahahahaha hahaha
External
Internal
Unex - Result - Water swallowed, no fire
He huffed and puffed and puffed and huffed,
but not a f licker of f lame would come out.
OH NO!The water doused Little Dragon’s spark.
External
Internal
Unex - Result - Water swallowed, no fire
Emotion- Oh No! FEAR
OH NO!That only gave him a cherry belly.
Little Dragon thumped his heart and rubbed his tummy to restart the spark, but . . .
External
Internal
Action - tummy rubInsuf Result - no fire
OH NO!That only made him all sweaty.
So Little Dragon bundled into every stitchof winter clothing from his closet, but . . .
External
Internal
Action - tummy rubInsuf Result - no fire
But . . .Little Dragon dashed to the kitchen and ate the three hottest chili peppers from the bowl.
External
Internal
Action - eat chilis
That didn’t restart the spark in his heart.OH NO!
It only made his eyes water.
External
Internal
Action - eat chilisUnex Result - crying
“Because,” Little Dragon said, “if I don’t have my f lame, you won’t love me anymore.”
And they wouldn’t stop.
Plink Plunk Plop
“Why are you crying, Little Dragon?” Mama asked.
External
InternalEmotion- Oh No! Can’t restart fireDESPAIR
Action - confronts fear
“Oh no, Little Dragon,” Mama said. “I could never stop loving you . . .”
External
Internal
External
Internal
Action - confronts fearPerfect result - Mama allays fear
Then she kissed him on his freshly scrubbed snout.
Little Dragon felt warm inside.
“because YOU are the spark in MY heart.”
External
Internal
OH YES!Little Dragon huffed and puffed and . . .
Warm inside? Could it be?
External
Internal
PH OOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
PHOOSH.
PHOOSH.
External
Internal Emotion- Oh Yes!Joy
Oh no . . . sooty again!
External
Internal
Action - LD flame on!Unex Result - soot
Emotion - soot=bath=waterFEAR
PHOOSH.
External
Internal
Action - snorkelPerf Result - protected
Equilibrium Restored
External
Internal
IncitingIncident
InsufficientResult
PerfectResult
External
Internal
External
Internal
IncitingIncident
PHOOSH.
External
Internal
Action - snorkelPerf Result - protected
Equilibrium Restored
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