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The next day, Theingi arrived at his father-in-law’s

house, fully prepared for a scolding. He was taken by

surprise when Thet took him aside and whispered,

“When I was young like you, I was an alchemist too!”

The two of them spent the whole afternoon discussing

Theingi’s work. Finally, the old man stood up and said,

“Why Theingi, you’ve done everything exactly like I did

when I was your age! You are definitely on the verge of

a breakthrough! Congratulations! But you seem to be

lacking one very important ingredient in your

experiments. You will need this when you finally turn dirt

to gold. Only recently did I discover this. But I am too old

for this task. It requires enormous effort…”

“Then let me do it for you, Father!” cried Theingi. He was

really excited. All his efforts would pay off at last. “Tell

me what the ingredient is!”

“Good, you are excited!” said Thet. He leaned closer and

whispered, “Son, the secret ingredient is a silver powder

that is found only on banana leaves. You will have to

plant the bananas yourself and cast certain spells on

them. Then, as the plants grow, the powder on the

leaves will gain magical powers.”

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