Dragons · Responsibility · Patience
The Last Egg on Ember Ridge
The egg has to stay warm for eleven nights. There are only two of them to do it.
- Age range
- Ages 6-10
- Reading time
- 10 minutes
- Category
- Dragon stories
What happens
Two children find the last unhatched dragon egg on a cooling ridge and take on an eleven-night watch they are not really old enough for. A story about the unglamorous middle of a hard job, when the excitement has worn off and the work has not.
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Listen to this story
The ridge had gone cold three winters ago, which is why nobody looked there anymore. That is also why the egg was still sitting in the ash, dull grey and slightly warm, like a stone left in a pocket.
"Eleven nights," said Idris, reading from the plaque in the old dragon-keeper's hut. "Eleven nights above blood heat, or it doesn't hatch."
Night one was thrilling. Night two was fine. By night six they had run out of things to say to each other, and the wind came up the ridge like it had been sent.
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Why this one is worth your time
- Honest about the boring middle of persistence — rare in children's stories and useful for kids who quit at the halfway point.
- Two heroes who share the work badly at first and negotiate a better split.
- Chapter-length, suited to fluent readers who want a longer sitting.
Talk about it afterward
- Which night do you think was the hardest, and why?
- What's something you've kept doing after it stopped being fun?
What if your child were the hero?