An adorable letter from a 7-year-old Australian girl began surfacing around the internet last week, which she recently sent off to the scientists at CSIRO (the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization). In the hand-written letter, young Sophie asked scientists if they could breed her a dragon pet, saying that she would call it Toothless if it was a girl, and Stuart if it was a boy. "Would it be possible if you could make a dragon for me?," she wrote. "I would like it if you could, but if you can't that's fine."
Though the scientists initially wrote back that dragons aren't real, and that even they therefore couldn't make her dream a reality, they eventually thought better of squashing her How To Train a Dragon-inspired fantasies, and utilized the incredible power of 3D printers to make her wish come true. As we spotted over on Geeks Are Sexy, the scientists at the organization ended up printing a 3D dragon out of titanium, based on Sophie's drawing, which they have indeed named Toothless. The blue dragon is currently on its way to Sophie's home in Brisbane, and I can only hope that someone catches her smile on film, when Toothless arrives on her doorstep. Go you, scientists.
Check out a short video of Toothless below, which shows the process of her creation!