My Hero

I met a child the other day. He was wearing a medal on his back and I didn't think he knew it was there.

I asked him what monsters he had slain, how he had earned that badge of courage?

He looked at me quizzically and asked if I wanted to come nearer, take a closer look.

I told him that up close, people scare me, but farther away they look smaller.

He invites his dragons over for dinner and hugs them when they go away.

He is much braver than I am.