St George And The Dragonet

Stan Freberg

Narrator: The legend you are about to hear is true. Only the needle should

be changed to protect the record.



St. George: This is the countryside. My name is St. George. I'm a knight.

Saturday, July 10th. 8:05 pm. I was working out of the castle on the night

watch when a call came in from the Chief. A dragon had been devouring

maidens. Homicide. My job: slay him.



You call me, Chief?



Chief: Yes, the dragon again, devouring maidens. The King's daughter may be

next.



St. George: Mmm-hmm. You got a lead?



Chief: Oh, nothing much to go on. Say, did you take that .45 automatic into

the lab to have them check on it?



St. George: Yeah. You were right.



Chief: I was right?



St. George: Yeah. It was a gun.



8:22 pm. I talked to one of the maidens who had almost been

devoured.



Could I talk to you, Ma'am?



Maiden: Who are you?



St. George: I'm St. George, Ma'am. Homicide, Ma'am. Want to ask you a few

questions, Ma'am. I understand you were almost devoured by the Ma'am. Is

that right, dragon?



Maiden: It was terrible. He breathed fire on me! He burned me already!



St. George: How can I be sure of that, Ma'am?



Maiden: Believe me, I got it straight from the dragon's mouth.



St. George: 11:45 pm. I rode over the King's Highway. I saw a man. Stopped

to talk to him.



Pardon me, Sir. Could I talk to you for just a minute, Sir?



Knave: Sure, I don't mind.



St. George: What do you do for a living?



Knave: I'm a knave.



St. George: Didn't I pick you up on a 903 last year for stealing tarts?



Knave: Yeah. So what? Do you wanna make a federal case out of it??



St. George: No, Sir. We heard there was a dragon operating in this

neighborhood. We just to know if you've seen him.



Knave: Sure, I seen him.



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