Live Dragons/Sleeping Dragons

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 10345

I found out an interesting Fact today (yep, it was interesting enough to
merit a Capital Letter!). I have a feeling that "Draco Dormiens Nunquam
Titillandus" (Never tickle sleeping dragons) is a direct prod at The Hobbit:
in Chapter 12, there's a quote:

"Never laugh at live dragons".

Could (a) someone translate that into Latin and (b) someone with a Hobbit to
hand (doesn't THAT sound dodgy?) provide a bit of context? A couple of
quoted paragraphs would be fantastic.

Cheers,

--John
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John Walton                 john at walton.to

"Con-ser-va-tive, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as
distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others."
--Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary", 1842-c.1914

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