This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous nursery rhyme: "It's called a nursery because it's a place where dragons go to learn about humans." The nursery rhyme is a reference to the fact that before dragons enter the human world, they spend a lot of time learning about humans, so the nursery rhymes are meant to be educational. The nursery rhymes, however, are not meant to teach about humans. They're meant to educate the dragons about the humans who live there. This is why they call the nursery "dragon kindergarten" . The narrator tells us that the name of the nursery was originally thought up by an idiot, but that's not the case anymore. He's sorry that he laughed at him when they first met, but he's sure that he'll get hurt if he tries to harm her. He wants to make sure that she's safe, so he tells her to do her best. He tells her