I am waiting waiting waiting for my dragon egg to hatch.
I've been waiting waiting waiting for a year, 
Ever since I found it hidden in my mother's garden patch -
Now I think my baby dragon's almost here.

I have never had a dragon of my very own before,
And I wonder, will my dragon breathe a flame?
Will it greet me every morning with a friendly little roar?
Will it answer when I summon it by name?

I am counting off the seconds till my dragon first appears,
Poking through the shell to free with a horn,
I can't wait to see its winglets, tiny muzzle, tail and ears,
When my brand new baby dragon's finally born.

      Jack Prelutsky