Abracadabra, Oops, Dani!
Dani is trying to tidy up with a spell, but a few words get muddled. Everything goes bonkers!
Dani was the wizard’s apprentice. Today, Wizard Beth the bear was out, and the tower was in a terrible mess. ‘I’ll use magic to tidy up!’ said Dani. ‘How hard can it be?’
Dani flicked her wand and said the words from the big spell book: ‘Tidy-tum, tidy-tee, put things where they ought to be!’ But she was in such a hurry that she muddled the words.
POOF! The cat’s bowl suddenly turned into a hopping bunny! It went boing, boing, boing all around the room. Dani’s mouth fell open. ‘Oh no. Oh no, no, no.’
Dani tried again. POOF! The ink pot started singing. POOF! The candles began to dance. Things were getting sillier by the second. ‘Stop, stop, STOP!’ cried Dani.
Just then, the door creaked open. It was Beth the bear, back from the market. She stood quite still, looking at the dancing candles and the singing ink. Dani gulped.
‘I’m sorry,’ Dani said quickly. ‘I tried to do a spell and got the words wrong. I should have waited for you.’ Beth didn’t shout. She gave a kind, wrinkly smile.
‘Mistakes are how wizards learn,’ said Beth. Together they said the words slowly and carefully, and everything went back to normal. And this time, Dani tidied up the old-fashioned way, with a broom.
The little lesson
Everyone makes mistakes. What matters is saying sorry and putting things right.
Let’s talk about it
- What would you do if you made a big mistake?
- What did the wizard teach Dani?
Finish stories to collect Dani as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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