Once upon a time, there was a very lonely dragon named Albert. For years, he had been living in a locked up room the King had stuffed him in. After multiple failed attempts of trying to escape the locked up area, he discovered it wasn't as easy as he thought to break free and he would have to spend a lot of time making up a very clever plan. Trying to make the best out of everything until it was Albert's time to escape, the dragon would spend much of his time talking with the mice that would stop in on a daily basis.
"Hey, how do you get in and out of this room so easily," he whispered to a Martin, the eldest mouse one afternoon.
"Well, Albert, it's actually quite easy. There are holes in the walls throughout the castle that allow us to access any room at any time. We just have to be careful not to be seen by any of the people," replied Martin.
"Do you think I could fit through those holes to break free of this miserable room? Although you mice are very loyal friends to me, I do want to move on with my life an eventually have a family of my own," the dragon said to his buddies.
"I hate to break it to you, but you are much too large," said Martin.
After the group of the mice had made their way out of his room, Albert sat and considered his options for a while. What he had failed to remember was that he was magical. He hadn't needed his powers for such a long time that he couldn't even consider what they did or how to use them. So again, he thought. Albert thought back to the times when his parents were still alive and teaching him his abilities. He got it! Albert would just use his breathing fire ability to burn a big enough hole for him to fit through in the wall.
The next day, when his mice friends showed up to visit him, he told them his plan. As he expected, the mice were very sad. Most were crying and hugging Albert goodbye, but one mouse, Frankie, was actually very happy for the dragon. Although he would miss his friend greatly, he was thrilled that Albert could soon move on and live the happy life that he deserved.
Everybody said farewell for the finial time and that evening Albert broke free of the miserable room that he had wasted so much of his life in. He was soon on his way to the land of dragons, to find himself a wife to settle down with.
Later that night when Frankie, the mouse that was excited for Albert to start his new life, saw the rest of his mouse family gloomy, he put a constellation of Albert in the night sky so they would never forget their magnificent pal. All they would have to do it look up into the dark sky and their dragon friend would be there for them just like they were always there for him.
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