Maya Mixes Up the Magic
Maya is trying to tidy up with a spell, but a few words get muddled. Everything goes bonkers!
Maya was the wizard’s apprentice. Today, Wizard Tilly the turtle was out, and the tower was in a terrible mess. ‘I’ll use magic to tidy up!’ said Maya. ‘How hard can it be?’
Maya 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 stairs suddenly turned into a slide! It went wheeee, wheeee, wheeee all around the room. Maya’s mouth fell open. ‘Oh no. Oh no, no, no.’
Maya 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 Maya.
Just then, the door creaked open. It was Tilly the turtle, back from the market. She stood quite still, looking at the dancing candles and the singing ink. Maya gulped.
‘I’m sorry,’ Maya said quickly. ‘I tried to do a spell and got the words wrong. I should have waited for you.’ Tilly didn’t shout. She gave a kind, wrinkly smile.
‘Mistakes are how wizards learn,’ said Tilly. Together they said the words slowly and carefully, and everything went back to normal. And this time, Maya 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 Maya?
Finish stories to collect Maya as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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