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“Plug?” yelled the King. “There isn’t a plug!”
“What? You didn’t make a plug?” the Queen exclaimed.

“Of course I didn’t! It’s a moat, not a bath-tub!”
“Uh-oh,” said the Queen. “Then we’re in trouble.”

“Wizard!” the King bellowed.
Wizard Watchit came running down from his tower.

“There’s too much water in the moat,” announced the King. “Do something

before it floods the castle.”
“What shall I do?”

“I don’t know!” the King said. “You’re the wizard! You must have a spell for

this sort of thing. Off you go and sort it out!”
The Wizard tramped back up the stairs to his tower. He felt very annoyed with

the King.
“First he’s rude about my bridge,” he complained to the ghost who lived in his

tower, “and then he expects me to empty his moat for him! I don’t know any spells to
empty moats. There’s no mention of moats in my spell book.”

“Woo woo woo?” the ghost suggested.

“Yes, I suppose I could make one up,” said the Wizard grumpily. He thought for
a few seconds. “How about this?”

“Eye of newt and toad of frog,