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"anthology with story about a man who keeps crocodiles that turn into dragons because he gives them exercise and a pool to swin in a book from uk primary school book club in around 1975 containing short stories, one was about a man who kept 2 baby crocodiles or alligators in his home but gave then exercise and food and when they matured they grew into dragons because they were active as he theorized that they might do."