From the book "Burmese Spring"
"A dragon terrorized a village and demanded the sacrifice of a virgin each year. Every year a brave young warrior would scale the mountains to fight the dragon and prevent the sacrifice. But each time, the warrior would perish. Then one year, a young man was able to get a glimpse of the dragon's lair, which was stocked with piles of gems and gold. Inspired and inflamed the warrior marshalled the wherewithal to slay the dragon with his sword and claim the treasure. But as he sat on the corpse, admiring his spoils of victory, the young warrior noticed he was beginning to grow scales and then horns and a tail. He hat turned into a dragon himself.
"A dragon terrorized a village and demanded the sacrifice of a virgin each year. Every year a brave young warrior would scale the mountains to fight the dragon and prevent the sacrifice. But each time, the warrior would perish. Then one year, a young man was able to get a glimpse of the dragon's lair, which was stocked with piles of gems and gold. Inspired and inflamed the warrior marshalled the wherewithal to slay the dragon with his sword and claim the treasure. But as he sat on the corpse, admiring his spoils of victory, the young warrior noticed he was beginning to grow scales and then horns and a tail. He hat turned into a dragon himself.
