The Storey of the Wise King, The Castle Builder and the Magician
Then one day the magician phoned the castle builder to see if there was any news? Yes indeed said the castle builder agreements are signed and underway. The castle builder’s men were not leaving the land as the schedule implied, as things had slowed down and there was still much building to be done. The castle builder explained that there was a new King in the land now, and work was carrying on and agreements made to continue at last, to his great relief. The castle builder said the agreements for the magic plans would soon be sent and that could the magician ensure the builders were preparing correctly for the magic to follow.
Instead, the magician found himself looking at the adverts asking for new spells in other lands and some seemed very interesting indeed. Was the magician able the even remember the spells he had agreed to make after all this time; he could hardly remember them now? He wanted to make new spells in the exciting places he had read about.
The Storey of the Wise King, The Castle Builder and the Magician
Much time passed and the magician heard nothing from the castle builder and no revised letter ever arrived. The magician had heard the Castle Builder talking to the King asking again and again for agreements to be made. The King and the Castle Builder had conversations about making changes to the plans, schedules and the materials, but the magician did not always get news of the changing plans, and in the end the magician was powerless as sweeping changes were made to some aspects of the magic plans. The magician could only wait till news arrived.
As time went by the magician focused himself on other magic in other places which included working on a White Island just off the mainland where the magician was bringing back to life extinct monsters from the past and breathing life into old objects from history. He was also talking to the birds and the fish in the centre of an ancient town to find out how to make an interesting place for the good people of the town to walk, think and reflect on all the good things in their lives and to create a place of inspiration and relaxation for all who visited there.
There were so many other things the magician had to busy himself with, some were sowing seeds for the future, others were worth investing time and effort in doing and were paid well enough. Then there were others: turning out to be rather a drain on the magician’s time. Somehow the magician had become bewitched and a nice but stupid charm must have been placed under his pillow while he slept.
(to be cont).
The Storey of the Wise King, The Castle Builder and the Magician (cont.)
Now after many many months the Castle Builder contacted the magician and said, the Kings Representatives have asked if again the magic could be made slightly quieter. The magician agreed to make the changes reminding the Castle Builder that he was owed payment for all the plans he had prepared so far.
Again several months went past and the magician still had not received payment for the magic plans, so the magician began replying to requests from other Princes and Barons to supply magic as the magician’s funds were running lower and lower. So then in due course the magician began weaving magic in other parts of the land.
Then one day the Castle Builder contacted the magician to say that the king’s representatives were going to remove some of the magic before they started building and could the magician just make that little final change to the main part of the magic like he had agreed to. Then when that was done the Castle Builder could present the magic plans to the King with no more fuss.
So the magician made the final changes as indeed he had agreed to, and reminded the Castle Builder he was still owed money as was agreed for all his plans so far. The Castle Builder said that soon the king would agree that the main part of the magic could begin and the new letter be sent to the magician so the spells could be actually start being cast. And the magician received all the money that was owed to him for which he was very grateful.
(to be continued)
