George and the dragon

Who was Saint George? Watch this story, one of our 'British tales' videos about characters and people from British history, to find out!

Instructions

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the story and do the activities.

Story by LearnEnglish Kids. Animation by Slurpy Studios.
Discussion

Is there a patron saint of your country? Do you have a story about a dragon in your culture? Write a comment and tell us about it!

Average: 3.8 (83 votes)

Submitted by CleverDiamond300 on Tue, 14/10/2025 - 07:53

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Well I think that this story is highly not fair to the princess or the king because the dragon only having the princess is not fair and they should think before sending anyone to get eaten by such a bad dragon they should not risk the princesses life for everybody and the princess did not even volunteer to go in the forest to get eaten but lucky is she to have a knight who fought for her life and killed that dragon they might even marry? What do you think they would be a perfect match right?

Submitted by PinkBluebirdRunner on Thu, 03/04/2025 - 19:52

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I knew about this story in school. I learned how the perspective of the dragons changed from good to evil in Europe and how George is known all around it. I also learned that England's flag comes from him.

Submitted by QueenWhaleInternet on Thu, 07/07/2022 - 07:38

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No idea why the king gave all their things to the dragon.He should understand the dragon isn't going to leave the lake. Isn't he?

Submitted by HelloSongSong on Tue, 15/02/2022 - 17:02

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I liked the knight!!!!!!!! and this was a cool story!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by SingingNeverSchool on Sat, 12/02/2022 - 08:45

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hi all. Viet Nam has dragon. Dragon is real

Submitted by PurpleCoyoteMaracas on Tue, 21/12/2021 - 16:19

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that is a good story but I don't believe the dragon was real.

Submitted by MasterShark50 on Wed, 27/10/2021 - 14:57

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I think this story is boring. I don't believe that dragons were real. I would move to another village. I don't want to fight with dragon.

Submitted by QueenYellowFashion on Wed, 04/08/2021 - 08:48

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I think this story is not real, but it very, very amazing story

Submitted by MisterIguanodon20 on Sun, 17/01/2021 - 10:17

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George was very good and save the princess to the king and everyone and the king was happy to

Submitted by GreenRose300 on Thu, 05/11/2020 - 17:56

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Good story ! But if the king know that the dragon is in the forest, why put the princess in

Submitted by LadyCrystalKitten on Fri, 06/11/2020 - 19:04

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Hi GreenRose300,

 

A very good question! The king thinks that the dragon would like to have the princess. But that's not very fair, is it?

 

LadyCrystalKitten
LearnEnglish Kids team

because that was the only way to satisfy the dragon.

Submitted by LordDinosaurMystic on Thu, 24/09/2020 - 16:36

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this story is nice but why dragon in the lake

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