The Damp Wizard

30/08/2025 2 min Temporada 1 Episodio 269

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Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!The wizard, Malachi, was in a terrible mood. He was a master of a very specific type of magic: making things slightly damp. He could make a stone slightly dewy, a sock a little moist, or a biscuit just a little bit soggy. It wasn't very impressive magic, and he was quite grumpy about it. His new apprentice, a cheerful girl named Luna, had arrived. She could only conjure bubbles that smelled like blueberry muffins."Ugh, another one," Malachi grumbled, watching as Luna’s bubbles floated through the air, their sweet scent filling his tower. "What's the point of this? We can’t defeat dragons with fragrant bubbles.""But they smell so nice!" Luna said, giggling as she popped a bubble. A little puff of blueberry-muffin scent filled the room.That night, a fearsome griffin landed on the roof of the tower. It was known for its terrifying roar and a terrible case of bad breath. Malachi aimed his wand. "Prepare to be slightly... clammy!" he yelled.The griffin just sniffed and looked unimpressed. Malachi made the griffin’s talons a little moist. The griffin looked confused."My turn!" Luna said. She pointed her wand at the griffin and a giant blueberry-muffin-scented bubble floated toward it. The griffin, who had a sweet tooth, took a whiff and began to follow the bubble, its terrible griffin roar turning into a happy purr. Luna conjured another bubble and then another, leading the griffin all the way to a field of flowers where it happily sniffed the air and promptly fell asleep.Malachi stared in amazement. His damp magic had never worked like that. He looked at Luna, a little twinkle in his eye. "Perhaps," he said, "a slightly damp biscuit would go well with a blueberry muffin bubble." And for the first time in a very long time, he wasn't grumpy at all.