Gargamel's New Pet (Hero Stories)/Part 3

A little while later, after the Smurfs had left, Gargamel found the crocodile basking in the sun by the river.

"There it is! It's basking in the sun! I'll capture it with my rope!" he said, as he threw the rope around the crocodile's neck, it suddenly woke up and tried to head into the water.

"STAY STILL! YOU'RE MINE! I PAID THREE GOLD COINS FOR YOU AND I NEED YOUR SKIN FOR A POTION! STUPID BEAST!" Gargamel shouted.

Close-by the peasants Gargamel had met not so long ago were telling a knight the siutation.

"It's like I told you, Sir Knight of Saint George, it's a dragon. It...it...spits fire." The peasant said.

"You did well to alert me! Dragon's are my specialty!" The knight said.

Just then they heard Gargamel call for help.

"It's coming from over there, sir!" The other peasant said.

They rushed to Gargamel's aid and seen him struggling with the crocodile.

"By the devil, it IS a dragon! Come on!" The knight said.

The knight then swung his mace off the crocodile's head several times before Gargamel got a net round it's mouth.

The peasants then wrapped several ropes round the crocodile to stop it from escaping.

"Bravo, sir, This feat will go down in legend! What's to be done with the beast?" The peasant asked.

"Drag it back to the castle! His Excellency will appreciate my worthiness!" The knight said.

"Wait a minute! That BEAST is mine!" Gargamel said.

"That dragon is yours?" one of the the peasants said sounding shocked.

"Yes!" Gargamel said sternly.

"Come with me to the castle! There you can explain this to Saint George!" The knight said.

Later in the castle, Gargamel was explaing the situation to Saint George.

"Your lordship, that animal's mine, and I..." Gargamel said, before Saint George stopped him.

"That peasant reeks as much as the dragon, and he's annoying me! Throw him into the moat with the beast!" Saint George comanded.

"But..." Gargamel said, as the guards took to the tallest tower, where they kicked him off and into the moat, with the crocodile following soon after.

Gargamel soon lept from the moat, with the crocodile in hot pursuit tearing chucks out of his clothing.

The guards laughed as he ran off into the distance.

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