with blue leather. Looking through the pages
he found the recipe he wanted and said: "I
must have a gill of water from a dark well."

"What kind of a well is that, sir?" asked the
boy.

"One where the light of day never penetrates.
The water must be put in a gold bottle and brought
to me without any light ever reaching it."

"I'll get the water from the dark well," said
Ojo.

"Then I must have three hairs from the tip
of a Woozy's tail, and a drop of oil from a live
man's body."

Ojo looked grave at this.

"What is a Woozy, please?" he inquired.

"Some sort of an animal. I've never seen one,
so I can't describe it," replied the Magician.

"If I can find a Woozy, I'll get the hairs from
its tail," said Ojo. "But is there ever any oil in a
man's body?"

The Magician looked in the book again, to make