The Dragon/crane myth is taken from Seuss' "Horton Hatches the Egg" -- Horton, the elephant, is convinced to sit on a bird's egg while she goes on a 'break' (for months) -- and when she returns, and the egg hatches, it's half bird, half elephant : )
And most of all, beloved little Twit! lol~ wonder if they could adopt this owl from St. Mungo's. He's such an adorable little owl.
Twit was a blast to write. Oh, and yes, they can, Severus actually gave Twit to Harry as his christmas present, I guess I wasn't wholly clear on that point, sorry!
sucky that your computer had to be restarted, but hurray for being back : ) I'm so glad you liked the story, thank you!