Zagwitz, the thingummagadgetician. Lost and found(M)

Lucy and William, the two twins, were off to visit there little but old wise friend. Zagwitz/Zag was unbelievably small but also unbelievably old. He invented strange magical things with his pet owl, Twit-awoo/Awoo and his seagull friend, Flewy.

Just as the twins set off, Mike strolled in holding two long, thin parcels. Before anyone could say anything, William shouted to the deliberate annoyance of Lucy, "Look, it's dad with the FISHING RODS!" as Lucy nudged him hard in the stomach.
"And how on earth do you know?" exclaimed Mike as he put the two fishing rods down on the carpet. "Well, if you were to guess what I have in this parcel, you can call all the commands and orders for the day!" and he took out a well-wrapped large present with a tag saying, From Zag to Luce and Will, in black ink and a sticker saying in red block capitals, FRAGILE. William's eyes lit up and picked up the box, shaking it hard from right to left.
"Stop! You'll break it! Can't you read? It says FRAGILE!" shouted Lucy, grabbing the box from him and placing it carefully on the table.

She examined it carefully and put her ear to the box. "I know! It's the 'Orb of Brilliance'! Artless the heartless, sorry, I mean Astral, Eggbert, Eggna and Zag said they'd send it over and they also said it was fragile, didn't they?" Lucy exclaimed, jumping about.
William grinned, "That means I get to shout orders for the day! I mean, I thought of it before Lucy so...".
But they all ignored him, minding their own business about the Orb.

Lucy suddenly jumped up from the sofa and walked to the door. She put on her trainers and her new caramel colored jacket.
"You'd better open this parcel to check if your right before you go anywhere, even if your just off to say thank you for the present," Mike called out to the doorway just as she laced up her trainers. Lucy sighed and quickly took off her trainers, then, she rushed off to the living room to open the parcel.

Just then, Sally-Anne came bustling in from the door holding some shopping bags from Tesco. "Mum, what are we having for tea? Can Zag come over?" asked Lucy, the minute Sally-Anne came in.
"Well dear, we're having pie and we're going to have a relax before you go and mess up your new clothes," Sally-Anne replied, eying the jacket on Lucy.
"But mum..."
"No buts. Unless you're going to be supervised by an adult. Also, when you come back, I want your new jacket good as new, never mind the trainers!" and Sally-Anne hurried into the kitchen to bake the pie. Lucy sighed once again, she quickly slit open the seal with her penknife and, like she said, it was the Orb.

When no one was watching, Lucy slipped out and ran into the doorway. Quickly, she tied up her laces and this time, managed to rush out of the door. Behind her, William followed closely. Together, they ran down the path that led to Zag's strange area.

The leaves crunched beneath their feet as they followed Zag to his Thingking room. "Now, how about a game of Ludo before we explore the easel's picture? P'rhaps this time, we could go in a bottle of water and test each other's swimming skills?" Zag suggested.
"Sure. That'll do," William said as he sat down on a stool next to Lucy and Zag. Zag adjusted his glasses and switched on the lights. He searched in the cupboard for his Ludo game, "Oh dear, I think I've lost it!" he murmured.
"How will we exercise our brain then?" asked Lucy, in such a shock that she dropped Awoo! Flewy watched aside, amused by the funny scene. He took a sip of his coffee with his beak and smiled a cheeky smile.

An hour of sitting on stools and thinking where it could be passed. Lucy checked her watch and jumped up in fright.
"Will! We'd better get back home right this minute! Our parents will be worried sick! See you Zag! Bye Awoo!" and with that, she dragged William to the door and ran off.
"Hey! I'll see you to the door! Oh dear. Nothing is going right today!" Zag exclaimed, he turned around and looked at his stool, "Hey! There's the Ludo game! Wait up! And it's squashed flat. Well, that's no use. I'd better get the game pieces and the box mended," .
"Lucy forgot about me! Me! Me!" Flewy flapped his wings and flew in circles angrily.

Back at home, Lucy was telling the whole story to her mother.
"Honestly, we were supervised by an adult! Zag is in fact even older than you!" Lucy pointed out indignantly as she patted the dust of her jacket.


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