He turned to the next page, where a bipedal creature that reminded him vaguely of classical drawings of the devil was towering over the colt.  If these drawings are to scale, I think this thing might be taller than I am.  At least it seems friendly to the colt.  Then again, isn’t that how half the fairy tales went?  The creature acts friendly at first, to lure the unsuspecting child to its doom?  Shaking his head, he continued to work his way through the book.