Miniature Dragons
Jan 30th, 2013 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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Before science invented the microscope, there was a popular theory that supposed illness and disease were the result of miniature dragons that attacked our immune systems. People believed the only way to defeat them was to equip an army of miniature knights to combat these miniscule, invisible dragons.
The king called for volunteers. They would join a mating program modeled by the dog breeders who created the miniature schnauzer. Over the course of several generations, they would sire knights tiny enough to fight the dragons.
Eventually it was discovered that germs, not dragons, were making people sick.
Sometimes science sucks.
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