They say it’s easy being a dragon. But do they know a dragon? And who are they? Being a dragon is not easy. I spend my whole day guarding my mound of gold. Do you have a sibling or friend who always tries to borrow something from you? You know how hard it is to keep an eye on your stuff and your friends. Imagine that you have eight billion friends and they borrow by stealing, that is what it is like being a dragon.

Now imagine you sleep on hard metal coins, twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a year. It’s not easy. Yes, we dragons have hard scales, but we do have tender places. Nothing is worse than falling asleep on your sensitive belly for a couple of decades and waking with a sore stomach. The only thing worse is when gold coins get lodged under your scales, which happens a lot, in the hundreds. After two thousand years of sleeping, I needed a day off.

But how does a dragon take a day off? I can’t just advertise - ‘Are you trustworthy? A dragon needs you to watch his horde of gold for a much-needed day off. Serious inquiries only. PS: I promise not to eat you unless you do a bad job.” You can see the problem. The treasure hunters will apply, then steal all my gold, which means I have to track them down and eat them. And I hate the taste of Humans.