Cracklewick Candle Drakes — Candle Maker Dragons Reference Sheet

The story of Cracklewick Candle Drakes

A fictional story inspired by the artwork.

Cracklewick made a candle for every occasion except the last night of the fair. Nobody wanted to watch the final light go out. So the last stall closed in the dark each year, and somebody always left a scarf, a basket or a sleepy child’s wooden horse behind.

This autumn the smallest drake dipped a taper around a wick twice as long as usual. She curled the spare wick into a loop at its foot. When the candle had almost burned down, its flame traveled along the loop and lit a second taper standing beside it. The other five drakes came over to watch.

They set a row of candles along the lane, one outside each stall. The ribbon seller was first to finish packing. Her candle lit the baker’s, and his lit the one beside the cloth merchant. Each passing light gave the next neighbor time to find a key, collect an apron and say good night.

At the end of the lane the smallest drake found a wooden horse waiting beneath the final taper. A boy came running back for it just as the wick began to curl. She waited with him while the last little flame crossed into his paper lantern. Then she locked the stall and walked him home.

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