"The Golden Dragon" is a chain story created by students from 5 different countries under an Erasmus+ KA2 partnership in Financial Education called Keep Invest Donate Spend (KIDS 2014-2016)

1. The Golden Dragon

2. One upon a time, in a faraway country between two blue rivers,
lived a golden dragon called Goldy.

3. He liked people and was
eager to help them. But
everyone was terribly afraid of
him.
During the day he slept in the
bowels of the earth below the
old town and waited for
nightfall.

4. At night he went into town, walked
and collected valuables and coins
that had clumsy people lost.

5. He was modest and did not
need money.
His old punctured pot become
too small for all the treasure
he had collected.

6. He dreamed about whom he
could help, whom to give
money? Trifty Goldy needed
advice and help.
He remembered his friend
lady dragon in Poland and
sent her a letter...

8. Dear friend Goldy, I am glad to wrote me. In fact, it is true
that I know a Fair in Portugal and for being such good
friends, I talked to her.

9. Tiffany cannot help you to multiply the money because it
goes against the rules of the fairs.

10. However, she says she knows a
hidden tresure.

11. You should go to AIM. Hence you depart to a castle where
you will find a sign saying WELCOME TO LUSA CASTLE.

12. Oh, I almost forgot: you do not find her, she will find you. In the
Castle, you have to look for a secret passage that will take you to
the tresure of an ancient king. A legend says that such a treasure
consist of tons of gold. I hope you find it! Have a nice trip! Barbara

13. After receiving the letter from her friend, he decided to
leave immediately for AIM. in AIM, Goldy tried to find the
location of the Lusa Castle.

14. He walked for a while until he found the sign to which
Barbara referred to in the letter. He had finally found the
Lusa Castle. I finally found it! - Shouted Goldy full of
happiness.

15. Inside the Castle, he sought for the secret passage but
found nothing.

16. I am so tired... - Goldy, sighed, sitting in a chair that looked
like a throne. At the moment, by extending his arms, he
carried inadvertently in a camouflaged button. Suddenly, a
secret door opened and Goldy decided to enter.

17. The door led to a tunnel with rails and a wagon. He
entered into a wagon, pulled a lever he had found and
left. At the end of the trip, he came to a kind of a
warehouse where there were tons and tons of gold.

18. He look for the Fair, called for her, but nothing happend;
she was not there. But it was important not to give up.

19. With all this strenght and patience, he started to carry all the
gold with him, little by little, with the help of the wagon, but also
with the help of the Fair who had suddenly arrived.
Barbara was right: it was the Fair who had found him not the
other way round. While carrying the gold, he saw a poster on
which it was written "KIDS: Keep Invest Donate Spend". He
wondered what those words means. Then he heard a voice...

20. Is there anybody in here? It was the voice of a boy who was
on a school trip to the castle. He had found a secret tunnel
and went in without knowing what was waiting for him in there.
When he saw Goldy, he got very scared and started crying.

21. "Spit fire! Spit fire! Do not hurt me!!!" But Goldy did not mind
his safing that. He blew a little fire through his nostrils and fine
gold dust rose in the air. Then he asked a boy:
"Do you know what the words KIDS written on the placard
means? I keep thinking, but I can not figure out... "Of course
not! I learned in school during financial education lessons: K
stands for Keep, I invest in, from D for donate and S for
spend!", the boy replied excitedly.
How interesting! I woul never have thought about it!

22. Goldy returned after pieces of gold and, accidentally, his
tail touched a lever that moved slowly. All of a sudden,
there appeared a red gate on which they could read in gold
letters NBR (National Bank of Romania).

23. "NBR...? NBR...? Ahhhh... I think this is the answer we are looking
for!" Goldy exclaimed. "That is where we will learn how to multiply
the treasures that we have gathered. Do you want to join me?" The
dragon asked the little boy. "Of course, I do!", he replied excitedly.

24. The fairy started blowing towards them and, as if by magic, the
two friends traveled over mountains and seas. In an instant,
they were in front of the Natioanl Bank of Romania. Here, all
the gold was melted and turned into hundreda and thousands
of coins which filled the bank deposits, Goldy was very proud of
hinself! Yet, he needed one more piece of advice...

25. Barbara sent a letter: "Hello Goldy. I have a friend except you.
He is very clever and cute boy who lives in Turkey - Taner. He
said that there were a cruel war in the neighboring country.
There was a liquid called petrol and evil-minded dragons Xaxas
and Gagas wants to flare up their flames and burn the earth.

26. That is why the black hearted dragons starded war. A huge
amount of people died and the survivors escape the battle and
migrate. 3 milion of them take shelter in Turkey securely.

27. However, people who escape the battle continue to come. They
set off to Poland, Portuguese, Romania and various countries.
Those people have also little children. They need all kinds of
help . You can donate the money to the immigrants in Turkey.

28. Maybe those people can go back their home. And they can
live happily by taking back the petrol from ill-hearted
dragons. Goldy was very pleased that the treasure he
picked up aimlessy would be useful for miserable victims.

29. Immediately he talked to Fairy and they sent the money, which
is in the NBR to those people. After that Barbara and Goldy
went to ill-hearted Xaxas and Gagas who started the war.

30. They told that the dragons were wrong what they are doing to
innocent people and instead of burning the earth, it is better to
live as it is. Ill-hearted Xaxas and Gagas who got advise from
Barbara and Goldy, were very sorry and ashamed of what they

31. The war ended and the immigrants got back to their
home with the money Goldy picked up. From now on,
warless world is more livable and beautiful.