Retells the segment from Spenser's the Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slay the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings joy to the land.
This is the story of Gawaine le Coeur-Hardy, the least promising student, who learns dragon-slaying. The headmaster gives Gawaine a magic word to say to himself when he experiences facing the dragon.