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Updated: May 17, 2025
The old enchanter liked this life of quiet and study, and doubtless would have been teaching in Fairyland to this very day, had he not been so unfortunate as to quarrel with the terrible sorcerer Zidoc, who was then Lord High Chancellor of the Fairies' College.
One of us must hide in the room in which they will talk; for perhaps we may learn something which may help us to lift the spell from the King." "To-morrow it is my turn," said the dog. And so the next morning he stole into the house and hid again beneath the sofa. Now Zidoc knew very well where the dog had concealed himself.
"Nothing whatever," replied the dog. "I will try to-morrow," said the cat. And so, when the morning came, the dog remained outside while the cat concealed himself behind a curtain. When the twilight came, the animals met again. "Did you discover anything?" asked the dog. "Very little," replied the cat. "The Sorcerer Serponel is coming to-morrow to pay Zidoc a visit.
Unfortunately for their plan, Zidoc had in his chamber a little enchanted bell which rang shrilly when danger threatened him. Hearing the bell ring late at night, Zidoc rose from his bed, and hurrying to the turret window, saw, by the light of the waning moon, the dog and the cat making their way to the castle through the wood.
"Yes, brother," replied the dreadful Serponel. "And something tells me that it is time to let him feel your staff." Now Zidoc had an enchanted staff whose blows were mortal, and knowing this, the poor dog, who was trapped between the wall and the two sorcerers, grew cold with fear to the tip of his white tail.
Valiant Puss, forgetting in one instant, I must admit, all its knowledge of languages, catastrophes, history, social deportment, and agriculture, plunged instantly into the fray, and gave Zidoc a frightful scratch, which so upset him that it caused him to drop his staff, while the dog profiting by the confusion, and forgetting all about geometry, mathematics, agriculture, and dogma, managed to give Serponel a good bite just above the ankle.
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