The wizard was in the forest one day, looking for some herbs and examining some saplings for his Bonsai collection, when he noticed some eggshell pieces. They were a shiny, light green color and obviously from a dragon egg. But there was no dragon. “Well now, I wonder where he is...” the wizard said to himself, while scanning the forest for any clues. “Looks like he hatched a couple of days ago, hope the little feller’s alright.” There were very few clues anywhere as to where the little dragon may have gone, and the wizard, finishing up gathering his wood sorrel, went back to the house to enlist some help in the dragon search.
On coming back out of the pantry, he was met by Eustace and Neville, who were busy chasing each other around the house. In fact, he didn’t exactly meet them; they more collided with him. After laughing at the two dragons, he asked if they’d like to help him look for a new dragon.
The three of them went back to the woods where the wizard had found the eggshell, and the two dragons picked up the scent of the new dragon. Unfortunately, it’s a bit hard to follow the scent of a dragon, as they typically get around by flying. But new dragons have to take frequent rests, so they were able to track him from patch to patch, or tree branch to tree branch. Finally, they arrived in a small clearing with a few young saplings in it. And there, hiding in the leaves of one of the young trees, there was a small dragon. Not wanting to alarm him, the wizard stopped and held still while the other dragons flew forward to introduce themselves. Once the new dragon was assured that they were friendly, he came out and began talking to them, and the wizard came up and joined in the conversation. He had hatched a couple days ago and had begun flying around and exploring the forest. He’d stopped when he reached this clearing because of all the small trees, which he liked because they were more his size than the rest of the trees in the forest. On asking the wizard about them, he found out that, naturally, only very young trees were this size, but that it was possible to grow miniature trees if you applied the right art to them. The young dragon was fascinated by this and spent the next several years learning the art of miniature tree growing, so that he eventually took on the same name as the art form: Bonsai.
