Chapters:
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1
As always the weather was terrible in Stormland. Storm clouds thickened over the kingdom. It was dark and only fierce lightning flashed in the sky. The Black Castle, which was cut in a high rock, looked very gloomy and ominous.Having come down to the castle`s cave, Witch Tselgana began to look through the ancient books with spells. At last she dragged out a thick book from a high shelf. It was written on a grease-proof paper and with a leather cover. The witch dusted the book and opened it. Suddenly she stopped.
“Oh, yes, evil powers helped me!” Tselgana exclaimed gladly. “During two years I looked for this spell. But now Merpod will come back. My dream will come true and Flowergarden will be destroyed!”
Having taken the book, Tselgana went upstairs hurriedly to a hall, where the stone statue of Merpod was situated. The witch came to the statue and said aloud:
“Kedera-medera, sabera-ubera, usada-busada, ineda-muneda!”
The statue came to life again in a few minutes, and soon it turned into Merpod, a mighty and cruel king.“Where are the dogens sent by Vevea?” he shouted. “Overtake them!”
“That`s enough, son!” Tselgana cut short. “Nobody can overtake these dogens. Two years ago Vevea turned you into a stone statue. Only today black magic helped me. It wasn`t so easy!”
“Vevea again!” the wizard`s eyes flashed fire. “I`ll revenge myself upon them. I`ll send a flood to Flowergarden!”
“But you did it before, Merpod”, Tselgana reminded. “Vevea prevented from our plans easily.”
“Yes, you are right”, Merpod agreed and mused for a moment. “Oh! I have an idea. I`ll send a poisonous pink fog.”
“Excellent!” the wicked witch was very happy. “The fog will poison people, beasts and birds slowly, and in a month they all will die. Their death will be very agonizing.”
“There is no time to lose”, the wizard said and pronounced the magic words: “Nega-berega, mera-zadera, fera-nerera, kega-pelega.”
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2
At first the citizens of Flowergarden did not know that the pink fog was bad for their health. However a few days later people, beasts and birds began to cough. Every day the cough became longer and more suffocating.President Sviatoslav the Faithful took alarm very much, and he invited his ministers and Fairy Vevea to his study in the White Palace.
“My friends”, the president said. “Merpod and Tselgana sent a pink fog to our country. You know it is very dangerous and it poisons the lungs of our citizens. But how can we protect our population from the fog? Sageword, what do you think about it?”
“I think the leaves of eucalyptus can help”, answered a white parrot, which was the prime minister. “If we make masks of them, the fog will be not so bad for us.”
“We can also light the camp fires in the streets”, Ghilten, a minister, proposed. “With the help of it, the fog will be not very dense.”
“Thank you for interesting ideas”, Sviatoslav said and asked the kind sorceress: “And you, Vevea? Can you help us in this trouble?”“I know an only way to help you”, the fairy answered with a heavy sigh. “I never told you that Tselgana is my aunt and Merpod is my cousin. I hoped that they would change and become better. But I was mistaken. It`s impossible! Well, I know a mystery of Merpod and Tselgana. Their lives are in a magic mirror, which is situated in a deep cave. A one-eyed red bull guards the mirror. It is very aggressive. But when you break the mirror, the pink fog will lift and Stormland will be destroyed.”
“And where is this cave?” asked the president.
“You will fly by magic carpet there. You must clap your hands and say it: My magic carpet, fly to Merpod`s cave quickly. Now the carpet is in the palace`s yard. Remember, it is only for two passengers.”
“Thanks a lot, Vevea!” Sviatoslav said, who decided to go to the cave alone.
When the president came to the magic carpet, he saw Evsei near it.
“Dad”, the boy said. “I want to fly with you.”
“But it is very dangerous. Now your mum needs you.”
“Two years ago Jump and me freed you from a prison”, Evsei objected definitely. “It also was very dangerous.”
“All right, my brave boy”, Sviatoslav looked at his foster-son with pride. “You`ll fly with me.”
Having taken the laser pistols, the father and son said the spell, and the carpet like lightning flew to the deep cave.
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3
Sviatoslav and Evsei put the carpet in the glade and came to the cave quietly.At the end of the cave they saw the magic mirror and the large red bull near it.
“This bull is mine”, Sviatoslav said to Evsei. “And you must destroy the mirror.”
“O.K., dad.”
The president fired and hit to the bull`s eye. It bellowed terribly and rushed about the cave. At the same time the boy took aim and fired to the centre of the magic mirror. The mirror cracked and then it was smashed to smithereens. Suddenly the cave`s walls began to tremble, and stones rained down from its ceiling.“Evsei!” Sviatoslav cried. “Let`s run! The cave is collapsing!”
Having run from the cave, Sviatoslav and Evsei sat on the carpet and flew by it to their motherland. As Vevea predicted, the pink fog lifted and a wonderful weather came back to Flowergarden. The citizens of the magic country met their president and his son as real heroes. Flowergarden`s poets even wrote a song, devoted to the exploit of Sviatoslav and Evsei.
“And what about Stormland?” you can ask me. Well, my friends, after the magic mirror was destroyed, the country of evil and its population disappeared forever. Next day beautiful high trees grew there and nothing reminded about the kingdom. Thus, the people of Flowergarden freed themselves from the wicked wizards.
Several days later Fairy Vevea invited Sviatoslav, his wife, Evsei and a dog named Jump to her house.“Thank you for your coming”, she said with a kind smile. “There are no Stormland. Now another people need my help more than you. Evil powers govern many countries and I must be there.”
“But will you come back to us?” Evsei asked with hope.
“I can`t promise. However I`ll never forget you. Take care of my orchard and be united!” - Having said these words, the fairy disappeared.
Certainly, the citizens of Flowergarden grieved when the sorceress left them. But they did not forget her good deeds. People, beasts, birds and fishes lived happily and always helped each other.
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