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After a lifetime of graphics and crafting, the old tinker was getting tired and complacent. But one day a messenger arrived with a strange and wonderful package. He opened it up... and lo and behold...  like a machine it had motors, moving arms, whirring wheels and lots of noises. But like a dragon it belched smoke and fire. And it had the most amazing glass eye that shot out invisible rays and burned anything it saw!

 

The old tinker knew he had something powerful, something magical, but what to do with it. So he thought. And then he pondered. Then he pondered and thought, and pondered some more. And when he was done he stood up, he walked toward the box and rolled up his sleeves. Soon he knew how that mechanical dragon moved,  what it liked for breakfast and how to make it sing. Before long he discovered the secret of how to control that fiery glass eye!

 

If you had known him then you might have walked past the shop and seen the tinker, there in a cloud of smoke with his mechanical dragon, making works of art, treasures, handy things, plus whizbangs and all manner of toys. If you looked close enough you might have seen some of the magic coming off the dragon, swirling in the smoke and landing on the old tinker, making him young again.

 

And now it's years later. The tinker and the dragon are still together, still making handy things and treasures, but now it's time to let some light into the shop, make new friends and have adventures...       so here we are!