Australia's national science agency has issued a rare apology to a
seven-year-old girl for not being able to make her a fire-breathing dragon,
only a 3D printed toy, blaming a lack of research into the mythical
creatures.
The youngster, Sophie, wrote to a "Lovely Scientist" at the Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), politely
asking whether they could make her a winged pet of her own.
"I would call it Toothless if it was a girl and if it is a boy I would
name it Stuart," she wrote in her letter, promising to feed it raw fish
and play with it when she wasn't at school.
Toothless is the name of a dragon befriended by a Viking teenager in the How
to Train Your Dragon series of children's books. Stuart is her father's
name.
Sophie's request prompted an unusual apology on the 87-year-old institution's
website, which admitted "our work has never ventured into dragons of
the mythical, fire breathing variety. And for this Australia, we are sorry."
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