Ailumi

A fairy. A moss dragon who cannot fly. A world where small troubles turn into something worth watching.

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The fairy and the moss dragon facing each other on a sunlit meadow.
Tale one

Bubble

The little dragon is learning to breathe fire. He takes it very seriously. What finally comes out is not fire.

1 min 23 · a few lines, in English

  1. the fairy leaning towards the dragon by the water
  2. the dragon with eyes closed, concentrating
  3. a soap bubble drifting past
  4. the two of them on the meadow
  5. the fairy laughing at the dragon
The moss dragon wearing a leaf as a hat, standing on a wooden jetty.
Tale two

Fly

His wings are far too small for a dragon his size. The fairy shows him how it is done. Gravity disagrees — until a sneeze settles the matter.

1 min 25 · a few lines, in English

  1. the dragon on the stones beside the fairy
  2. the dragon lying on a pink mushroom
  3. the fairy stretched out on a lily pad
  4. the dragon running, a leaf on his head
  5. the dragon in mid-leap
The fairy and the dragon laughing over an open book, a butterfly on her nose.
Tale three

The Magical Hiccups

A dragon with hiccups is a problem. A dragon with magical hiccups is everyone's problem.

1 min 24 · a few lines, in English

  1. the fairy very close to the camera
  2. the two of them under the wisteria
  3. a butterfly landing on the fairy's nose
  4. the dragon looking up at a tree
  5. a rainbow behind the two of them
The fairy and the dragon meeting four small trolls standing on a rock.
Tale four

The Little Troll

Someone new has come to the glade. He is small, he is bristly, and the magic does something odd when it reaches him.

1 min 26 · a few lines, in English

  1. the fairy and the dragon among glowing runes
  2. a troll appearing on the rock
  3. the dragon beside the lit stones
  4. two trolls running towards them
  5. magic sparking around the dragon
The fairy and the dragon lying on a raft, laughing, on a turquoise river.
Tale five

The Little Pirate

A raft, a slow river, and a dragon entirely convinced that he is a pirate. The fairy has decided not to argue.

1 min 27 · a few lines, in English

  1. the raft setting off across the water
  2. the two of them drifting at sunset
  3. the dragon in a lotus flower
  4. the fairy laughing in the water
  5. the dragon wearing the lotus as a hat
The dragon beside a large glowing violet crystal in a workshop.
Where it started

Der Glühkristall

The very first tale, and the only one told in German. The glowing crystal is where this whole world came from.

1 min 02 · German title, English dialogue

  1. lamplight in the workshop window
  2. the dragon beside the violet crystal
  3. the fairy and the dragon by the crystals
  4. the dragon carrying a shard
  5. the fairy kneeling by the dragon

Who lives here

Made by one person

My name is Michael Hagen. I write these stories, build the world, and put the films together — in the evenings, in northern Germany.

There is no studio behind this and no schedule. A tale appears when it is finished. The fairy and the dragon look the same in every one because the drawings they come from are kept and reused, not invented again each time.

How these films are made

The images and animation are created with artificial intelligence. Every film says so in its own closing titles, and I am saying it here too: it belongs to the story of how this is made, not in the small print.

Where the tales will appear

The channel is being set up right now. When it is live, this is where the links will be — I would rather leave this space empty than send you somewhere that does not exist yet.

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