It was not threadfall that made menolly unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a harper, who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away. She came upon a group of fire lizards, w...It was not threadfall that made menolly unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a harper, who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away. She came upon a group of fire lizards, wild relatives of the fire-breathing dragons.