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It all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. It was his spell that had turned Abernathy into a Wheaten Terrier - though still able to talk. All went well - until the wizard breathed the magic dust of his spell and suddenly sneezed. Then, where Abernathy had stood, there was only a bottle containing a particularly evil imp. It had been in the collection of Michel Ard Rhi, former King of Landover, now exiled to Earth. Abernathy must now be a part of that collection! High Lord Ben Holiday set forth for Earth, taking his green but beautiful love, Willow, with him. Unfortunately, they were long in returning. And without the soil of Landover in which to root as a tree at times, Willow could not long survive. That left it up to Questor Thews to save them. Grimly he set out to seek help, knowing himself to be incompetent. And to make things worse, the imp had escaped and sought the help of the evil witch Nightshade, now back from exile in Faerie. Questor's only idea seemed impossible, but . . .… (meer)
een heerlijk luchtig tussendoortje. Het verhaal speelt zich af in Landover en de echte wereld. Door de mislukking van Questor Teeuw, de hofmagiër, om Abernathy terug te toveren in mensengedaante wordt Abernathy naar de echte wereld getoverd. Ben en Wilgje zijn genoodzaakt om terug te gaan naar de mensenwereld om Abernathy te gaan zoeken en terug halen. Een verhaal dat leest als een treinse en zeker een aanrader voor de liefhebbers van sprookjes. ( )
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At that word the young man let his glass slip through his fingers, and looked upon Keawe like a ghost. 'The price,' says he; 'the price! You do not know the price?' 'It is for that I am asking you,' returned Keawe. 'But why are you so much concerned? Is there something wrong about the price?' 'It has dropped a great deal in value since your time, Mr. Keawe,' said the young man, stammering. 'Well, well, I shall have the less to pay for it,' says Keawe. 'How much did it cost you?' The young man was white as a sheet. 'Two cents,' said he. 'What?' cried Keawe, 'two cents? Why, then, you can only sell it for one. And he who buys it--' The words died upon Keawe's tongue; he who bought it could never sell it again, the bottle and the bottle imp must abide with him until he died, and when he died must carry him to the red end of hell. Robert Louise Stevenson, The Bottle Imp
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For Alex, who is something of a wizard at large himself...
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Ben Holiday sighed wearily and wished he were somewhere else besides where he was.
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It all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. It was his spell that had turned Abernathy into a Wheaten Terrier - though still able to talk. All went well - until the wizard breathed the magic dust of his spell and suddenly sneezed. Then, where Abernathy had stood, there was only a bottle containing a particularly evil imp. It had been in the collection of Michel Ard Rhi, former King of Landover, now exiled to Earth. Abernathy must now be a part of that collection! High Lord Ben Holiday set forth for Earth, taking his green but beautiful love, Willow, with him. Unfortunately, they were long in returning. And without the soil of Landover in which to root as a tree at times, Willow could not long survive. That left it up to Questor Thews to save them. Grimly he set out to seek help, knowing himself to be incompetent. And to make things worse, the imp had escaped and sought the help of the evil witch Nightshade, now back from exile in Faerie. Questor's only idea seemed impossible, but . . .