北直界有墮龍入村。其行重拙，入某紳家，其戶僅可容軀，塞而入。家人盡奔。登樓嘩噪，銃炮轟然。龍乃出。門外停貯潦水，淺不盈尺。龍入，轉側其中，身盡泥涂；極力騰躍，尺余輒墮。泥蟠三日，蠅集鱗甲。忽大雨，乃霹靂拏空而去。
北直界有堕龙入村。其行重拙，入某绅家，其户仅可容躯，塞而入。家人尽奔。登楼哗噪，铳炮轰然。龙乃出。门外停贮潦水，浅不盈尺。龙入，转侧其中，身尽泥涂；极力腾跃，尺余辄堕。泥蟠三日，蝇集鳞甲。忽大雨，乃霹雳拏空而去。
In Northern Zhili a dragon fell from the sky into a village. It moved heavily and clumsily. It went into the house of a certain gentleman; the doorway was barely wide enough for its body, and it squeezed its way in. The whole household fled. They climbed into the upper storey, shouting and clamouring, and fired off their guns with a great roar. At this the dragon came out. Outside the gate stood a pool of rainwater, less than a foot deep. The dragon got into it and rolled from side to side until its whole body was smeared with mud. It strained with all its might to leap up, but every time it rose a foot or so it fell back. For three days it lay coiled in the mud, and flies gathered on its scales. Then suddenly a great rain came down, and with a clap of thunder it clawed its way into the sky and was gone.
房生與友人登牛山，入寺游矚，忽椽間一黃磚墮，上盤一小蛇，細裁如蚓。忽旋一周，如指；又一周，已如帶。共驚，知為龍，群趨而下。方至山半，聞寺中霹靂一聲，震動山谷。天上黑雲如蓋，一巨龍夭矯其中，移時而沒。
房生与友人登牛山，入寺游瞩，忽椽间一黄砖堕，上盘一小蛇，细裁如蚓。忽旋一周，如指；又一周，已如带。共惊，知为龙，群趋而下。方至山半，闻寺中霹雳一声，震动山谷。天上黑云如盖，一巨龙夭矫其中，移时而没。
A scholar named Fang climbed Mount Niu with some friends and went into a temple to look around. Suddenly a yellow brick dropped from among the rafters. On it lay coiled a little snake, no thicker than an earthworm. All at once it turned about once, and was as thick as a finger; it turned once more, and was already as broad as a sash. They were all alarmed. Knowing it for a dragon, they hurried down the hill together. They had got only halfway when they heard a clap of thunder from the temple that shook the hills and valleys. Black clouds hung over the sky like a canopy, and in them a huge dragon writhed and twisted. After a while it vanished.
章丘小相公莊，有民婦適野，值大風，塵沙撲面，覺一目瞇，如含麥芒。揉之吹之，迄不愈。啟瞼而審視之，睛固無恙，但有赤線蜿蜒于肉分，或曰：「此蟄龍也。」婦懮懼待死。積三月余，天暴雨，忽巨霆一聲，裂眦而去。婦無少損。
章丘小相公庄，有民妇适野，值大风，尘沙扑面，觉一目瞇，如含麦芒。揉之吹之，迄不愈。启睑而审视之，睛固无恙，但有赤线蜿蜒于肉分，或曰：「此蛰龙也。」妇懮惧待死。积三月余，天暴雨，忽巨霆一声，裂眦而去。妇无少损。
At Xiaoxianggong Village in Zhangqiu, a peasant woman was going out into the fields when a great wind blew up and dashed dust and sand in her face. She felt something in one eye, as if a wheat awn were caught there. She rubbed it and blew on it, but it never got better. When the lid was held open and the eye looked at closely, the eyeball itself was unharmed, but a red thread wound its way through the flesh. Someone said, “That is a dragon lying dormant.” The woman, sick with fear, waited to die. More than three months later there was a violent storm. Suddenly, with a great clap of thunder, the thing split the corner of her eye and was gone. The woman was not harmed in the least.
袁宣四言：「在蘇州，值陰晦，霹靂大作。眾見龍垂雲際，鱗甲張動，爪中摶一人頭，鬚眉畢見；移時，入雲而沒。亦未聞有失其頭者。」
袁宣四言：「在苏州，值阴晦，霹雳大作。众见龙垂云际，鳞甲张动，爪中抟一人头，须眉毕见；移时，入云而没。亦未闻有失其头者。」
Yuan Xuansi said: “When I was in Suzhou, one dark, overcast day there was a great burst of thunder. Everyone saw a dragon hanging down from the edge of the clouds, its scales bristling and stirring. In its claws it clutched a man’s head, the beard and eyebrows plain to see. After a while it went up into the clouds and vanished. Yet no one ever heard of anyone losing his head.”