Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales, Part A

Story: The Master And His Pupil

Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890).

Pupil and the Demon, Source
Once upon a time, there was a very learned man. He knew about almost everything in the world including magic and knowledge of the beyond. He had a book that had information about Angle and all that they did, and also about Demons, their names, what they do, and how to summon them.

The master had a pupil who was very foolish. One time, while the master was away, the pupil decided to go to the master's room. He looked at all of the amazing artifacts within the book. He saw a mirror where he could see all that was passing in the world. A shell, that when he put it to his ear he could hear the words spoken by anyone his master desired. The lad tried to turn copper and lead into gold and silver like his master, but all was in vain. 

He didn't do how to work anything. He saw a big book in the middle of his desk, and the pupil thought that he could find instructions on how to work the apparatuses. He opened the book and uttered some words. The room darkened and he saw a big demon in the room. Beelzebub stood in front of him and asked for his command. The boy startled told him that he didn't know anything. 

The demon got angry and grabbed the boy and demanded a command. He told him to water the plant. At once, Beelzebub disappeared and reappeared with a barrel of water in his bag and dumped it in the pot. He did this repeatedly until the room was ankle deep in water. The boy told him to stop but he did not know the words to stop him. 

Beelzebub could have drowned the entirety of the country if not for the wise man that remembered he left the book open. He returned and stopeed and vanished the demon.

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