People are sharing the opening sentences of books with "and then the dragons arrived" and I needed to share the funniest examples with you
ยท Feb 9, 2024 ยท NottheBee.com

Man, this is just what I needed for a Friday afternoon.

This meme first went viral in April 2020, but we were all busy with the 'Rona, so many of us never saw it.

Thankfully, the internet tends to circle back to things ๐Ÿ˜‚

Here are some of the best replies out there:

 

Here are a few more I came up with!

"It was a pleasure to burn. And then the dragons arrived - Fahrenheit 451

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. And then the dragons arrived." - Great Gatsby

"The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon. And then the dragons arrived." - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. And then the dragons arrived." - The Metamorphosis

"Tell me, o muse, of that ingenious hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. And then the dragons arrived." - the Odyssey

"In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing. And then the dragons arrived." - Don Quixote

"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. And then the dragons arrived." - The Fellowship of the Ring

"Aragorn sped on up the hill. And then the dragons arrived" - The Two Towers

"Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak. And then the dragons arrived." - The Return of The King

A few subscriber submissions they asked me to include:

You know ... we could do this with movies too!


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