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On the trail of the Wizard
On a beautiful summer's day in the Kingdom of Fife, Eddie Wildlife set off on his latest adventure, to find the infamous Wizard called Sir Michael Scott, who resided in the enchanted park that was Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy.
Five minutes into the walk, Eddie took the high path, which meant walking up a steep incline. The path soon levelled out and Eddie stopped when he saw a big tree across the path. It was still alive and growing new branches and leaves.
Strange looking tree Eddie thought and her went up to it and took a closer look, marvelling at how it seemed to have been thrown from the ground.
The tree was almost horizontal. Eddie patted the tree trunk, and as he did so, the leaves started to rustle. How very odd Eddie thought. It was a beautiful day and there was no wind. Eddie sat on the tree trunk and took out his phone and turned on the camera.
LUSH the talking tree!
"Heyyyy, get off me, how would you like it if I started rubbing you" said something.
Of course Eddie jumped up and spun round whilst searching for someone, but he didn't see anyone, just the tree and and other trees and bushes.
"Yes you, I am talking to you!" said the voice again.
Eddie was getting fed up and replied "Stop hiding and show yourself!".
"Open your eyes, you silly person!" said the voice. The leaves were rustling again and the branches shaking. Eddie thought to himself that the ground was even trembling now.
"It is I, Lush!" roared the voice, and this time the ground did shake.
Here we go again thought Eddie, if it is not talking animals, it is now talking trees.
"Well, I am very pleased to meet you Lush! I am Eddie, and I am on the trail of a Wizard. Have you always been a tree?" Eddie replied to the tree named Lush.
"No, many centuries ago I was a local blacksmith. But business was bad and I couldn't feed my family, so I started making weapons, and then that wizard Michael Bloody Scott found out that my weapons were being used for war. So he tried to harm me. I was clever though and ran away. I almost escaped, but as I was jumping across this path, he caught me. He used his magic and froze me. He then gave me a choice, either become a tree or become a stone statue. Well I am not stupid Eddie, I wanted to live, so I said to him I wanted to choose to be a tree. That is what he did, he turned me into a tree exactly the way I was running." replied Lush in a low sad voice.
"I see, well at least you are alive Lush, but I must be on my way, I am trying to find your wizard called Michael Scott." Eddie replied.
"Don't be so stupid, he is a dangerous wizard, he has gone mad in the head. Look what he did to TandPuff!" exclaimed a visibly upset Lush. "Turn back and go home I implore you."
"TandPuff who is that?" Eddie asked Lush
"He was said to be a dragon that spat purple fire!" said Lush.
"Okay, well I need to be going Lush, perhaps TandPuff knows where to find Michael Scott, I will catch you another day" Eddie said and walked under Lush and on along the path.
Eddie kept on walking and just saw trees , trees and more trees. In his head Eddie kept thinking about TandPuff. Was it really a dragon, here in Scotland? Nah that is rubbish, we don't have dragons do we? Well we have talking ducks and squirrels and now talking trees, so why not a dragon. This is just getting ridiculous thought Eddie. As he carried on walking he quickly did an internet search for TandPuff.
Surprise, surprise there was nothing. Computer says no! No mention of TandPuff, although Eddie saw there is an ogre named Tand that is known for spitting fire that is purple. Perhaps they are related? That would be cool. Oh wake up Eddie said, before you fall down the side of the path.
Suddenly Eddie caught movement in the side of his eye, and what did he see?
"Halt who goes there?" came a voice from the ground.
"It is I, Eddie Wildlife on the trail of wizard Michael Scott" Eddie replied.
The puffball seemed to turn red, before a puff of smoke erupted from it's hole.
"Don't go near him Eddie, he is evil. My name is TandPuff and I was the most feared dragon in the land, until that evil Wizard Michael Scott turned me into a perpetual puffball. I am doomed to eternity to grow then wither and die then grow wither and die forever and ever" replied a despondent TandPuff the Puffball.
"I can't believe he would do that to you TandPuff, surely there was a reason?" Eddie asked innocently.
TandPuff the dragon that was
"Ach there was no reason at all. I mean you tell me if this is a reason. We were all there having our annual barbeque in the woods. Of course I did all the cooking, you know I am a good cook, I just pop open my mouth and blow out a wee flame, the longer the blow the hotter it is and that is the temperature control." said TandPuff.
"No that doesn't sound like a reason to me to turn you into a puffball" Eddie answered.
"Oh silly, I am not finished yet. Well we were having a grand old time, lots of music and dancing, laughing and of course eating. Then his wee nephew asked me to cook him some roast pig quickly. I said sure son. Now I had had a few glasses of wine by then, so my aim was a wee bit off. The next thing I knew I stumbled and sent my flame to cook the pig, but I was a wee bit off, and instead of cooking the pig, I cooked Michael's pet COWFrogs. He was hopping mad and turned me into a puffball and cursed me to live for eternity like this. So I ask you was that a reason, just coz I cooked his wee COWfrogs." said TandPuff.
"Well that was a stupid thing to do. What is a COWfrog, I have never heard of them?" Eddie asked TandPuff.
"Ah well son, you probably haven't heard of them, they are ehm I mean they were the exotic cousin of the Bullfrogs, they were black with pretty wee white spots. But I cooked the last ones, so they are no more on this planet." answered TandPuff in a sad voice.
To which Eddie replied "How careless of you, and yes you deserve to be a common puffball for that, and I am going now!"
Eddie had enough of feeling sorry for TandPuff and couldn't get the image out of his head of these cute wee black COWfrogs with white spots being roasted alive.
Eddie had spent an eventful 42 minutes on the trail of the wizard surely he was close by. The Park is not a big Park, but then again going underneath Lush did feel like it was going through a porthole. Where on earth was Eddie? Well wait a minute, is this even earth, perhaps this is some far far away place...thought Eddie.
No, No, No enough with this nonsense Eddie told himself, I am in a little park in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland. Have no fear, and keep walking, you have a date, a date with a wizard Eddie muttered as he walked past a strange site.
Suddenly a hole opened up and here was a golf course in the middle of the wooded trail Eddie was walking along. Now he felt like he was really dreaming. Onwards he walked, taking a drink of water, making sure that he wasn't hallucinating. The sun does tricks to your brain Eddie thought. But he also realised that he was deep in the woods in the shade, there was no sun.
Suddenly Eddie stopped and smiled at a familiar face beside a tree that was waving to Eddie!
"SAMMYYYY!!! My long lost friend" exclaimed a very happy Eddie.
"Eddie, you made it" shouted Sammy in his high pitched squeal (I mean how else would a squirrel sound!).
"Sammy my bro, how are you? And how did you know I was coming?" Eddie asked Sammy the squirrel.
Sammy the high pitched squirrel
"Oh you are as crazy as ever" laughed Sammy "The wizard knows all in his kingdom, he has been watching your every step of the way."
"Oh really, so where is this wizard then? Why didn't he come to meet me?" Eddie was sounding impatient now.
"Oh behave yourself Eddie, I am here to take you to Sir Michael, he doesn't feel too well today otherwise he would have come himself" replied Sammy
"Now follow me, it is only a five minute walk" he told me.
Sure enough after five minutes of gossiping where Eddie and Sammy talked about Daffy the Pomeraian Duck and his problems and his love triangle with Milly and Molly the two female Mallard Ducks, they figured that yes Daffy really was a drama queen!
"We are here!" exclaimed Sammy.
While Eddie didn't see Sir Michael Scott, he did see something in the distance though...
Sammy said "Come on the wizard is waiting"
So Eddie went a little further and then stopped in front of what he had seen in the distance.
The wizard resting after his covid jab
It was a Wizard. A wizard called Sir Michael Scott.
I said to Sammy "It is a wooden statue"
Sammy looked at me and screeched "Eddie, talk softly, Sir Michael is having a rest, he had his booster COVID vaccination today, so he needs his rest, and when he sleeps he turns himself into a wooden statue so people don't talk to him."
He continued "Before he had his jab, he told me to tell you to come back tomorrow, to hear the real story about TandPuff, Lush and others that you haven't seen yet!"
"Okay Sammy, I am tired and need a coffee and a siesta anyway" I said.
"One final thing Eddie!" commented Sammy.
"Here take this magic acorn. When the wizard wakes up, this acorn will glow and become a golden acorn. When it does, then come back to the Park and I shall find you. Now let's go and I will show you the portal back out of the Enchanted Park to your home, follow me" insisted Sammy.
Eddie followed Sammy down the trail and then vanished through the portal, and before he knew it he was back on his sofa in his living room.
Eddie thought it was a dream, but he felt something in his pocket.
Taking it out, he discovered it was the magic Acorn that Sammy had given him.
There is magic all around us thought Eddie, we just need to look for it!
END
A los cinco minutos de empezar la caminata, Eddie tomó el camino alto, lo que significaba subir una pendiente pronunciada. El sendero pronto se niveló y Eddie se detuvo al ver un gran árbol al otro lado del camino. Todavía estaba vivo y le crecían nuevas ramas y hojas.
Un árbol de aspecto extraño, pensó Eddie, y se acercó a él y lo miró de cerca, maravillado por cómo parecía haber sido arrojado desde el suelo.
El árbol estaba casi horizontal. Eddie acarició el tronco del árbol y, al hacerlo, las hojas empezaron a crujir. Qué extraño, pensó Eddie. Era un día precioso y no había viento. Eddie se sentó en el tronco del árbol, sacó su teléfono y encendió la cámara.
LUSH el árbol parlante!
"Heyyyy, quítate de encima, qué te parecería si te empezara a sobar" dijo algo.
Por supuesto Eddie se levantó de un salto y giró en busca de alguien, pero no vio a nadie, sólo al árbol y a otros árboles y arbustos.
"¡Sí tú, te estoy hablando!" dijo la voz de nuevo.
Eddie se estaba hartando y respondió "¡Deja de esconderte y muéstrate!".
"¡Abre los ojos, tonto!", dijo la voz. Las hojas volvían a crujir y las ramas se agitaban. Eddie pensó para sí mismo que el suelo incluso temblaba ahora.
"¡Soy yo, Lush!" rugió la voz, y esta vez el suelo sí tembló.
Aquí vamos de nuevo, pensó Eddie, si no son animales que hablan, ahora son árboles que hablan.
"¡Bueno, estoy encantado de conocerte Lush! Soy Eddie, y estoy tras la pista de un Mago. ¿Siempre has sido un árbol?" Eddie respondió al árbol llamado Lush.
"No, hace muchos siglos era un herrero local. Pero el negocio iba mal y no podía alimentar a mi familia, así que empecé a fabricar armas, y entonces ese mago Michael Bloody Scott descubrió que mis armas se usaban para la guerra. Así que intentó hacerme daño. Sin embargo, fui inteligente y huí. Casi escapé, pero cuando estaba saltando por el camino, me atrapó. Usó su magia y me congeló. Entonces me dio a elegir, convertirme en un árbol o en una estatua de piedra. Bueno, no soy estúpido Eddie, quería vivir, así que le dije que quería elegir ser un árbol. Eso es lo que hizo, me convirtió en un árbol exactamente como estaba corriendo", respondió Lush en voz baja y triste.
"Ya veo, bueno al menos estás vivo Lush, pero debo seguir mi camino, estoy tratando de encontrar a tu mago llamado Michael Scott". Contestó Eddie.
"No seas tan estúpido, es un mago peligroso, se ha vuelto loco de remate. Mira lo que le hizo a TandPuff!" exclamó Lush visiblemente alterado. "Vuelve y vete a casa te lo imploro".
"¿TandPuff quién es?" Eddie preguntó a Lush
"¡Se dice que es un dragón que escupe fuego púrpura!" dijo Lush.
"Vale, pues yo tengo que irme Lush, quizás TandPuff sepa dónde encontrar a Michael Scott, ya os alcanzaré otro día" dijo Eddie y pasó por debajo de Lush y siguió por el camino.
Eddie siguió caminando y solo vio árboles, árboles y más árboles. En su cabeza Eddie seguía pensando en TandPuff. ¿Era realmente un dragón, aquí en Escocia? No, eso es una tontería, no tenemos dragones, ¿verdad? Bueno, tenemos patos y ardillas que hablan y ahora árboles que hablan, así que por qué no un dragón. Esto se está volviendo ridículo, pensó Eddie. Mientras seguía caminando, buscó rápidamente en Internet a TandPuff.
Sorpresa, sorpresa, no había nada. El ordenador dice que no. No se menciona a TandPuff, aunque Eddie vio que hay un ogro llamado Tand que es conocido por escupir fuego que es púrpura. ¿Tal vez estén relacionados? Eso sería genial. Oh, despierta Eddie dijo, antes de que te caigas por el lado del camino.
De repente Eddie captó movimiento en el lado de su ojo, y ¿qué vio?
"Alto, ¿quién va ahí?" vino una voz desde el suelo.
"Soy yo, Eddie Wildlife tras la pista del mago Michael Scott" respondió Eddie.
El globo pareció volverse rojo, antes de que una bocanada de humo saliera de su agujero.
"No te acerques a él, Eddie, es malvado. Mi nombre es TandPuff y era el dragón más temido de la tierra, hasta que ese malvado Mago Michael Scott me convirtió en una bola de humo perpetua. Estoy condenado a la eternidad a crecer, marchitarse y morir, y luego crecer, marchitarse y morir para siempre", respondió un abatido TandPuff the Puffball.
"No puedo creer que te hiciera eso TandPuff, seguro que había una razón". preguntó Eddie inocentemente.
TandPuff, el dragón que era
"Ach no había ninguna razón en absoluto. Quiero decir que me digas si esto es una razón. Estábamos todos allí haciendo nuestra barbacoa anual en el bosque. Por supuesto, yo cociné todo, ya sabes que soy un buen cocinero, simplemente abro la boca y soplo una pequeña llama, cuanto más largo sea el soplo más caliente está y ese es el control de la temperatura", dijo TandPuff.
"No, eso no me parece una razón para convertirte en una bola de hojaldre" respondió Eddie.
"Oh, tonto, no he terminado todavía. Bueno, nos lo estábamos pasando en grande, con mucha música y baile, riendo y, por supuesto, comiendo. Entonces su sobrino me pidió que le cocinara rápidamente un cerdo asado. Le dije que sí, hijo. Para entonces ya había bebido unos cuantos vasos de vino, así que mi puntería estaba un poco perdida. Lo siguiente que supe fue que me tropecé y envié mi llama para cocinar el cerdo, pero me equivoqué un poco, y en lugar de cocinar el cerdo, cociné las ranas COWFrog de Michael. Se enfadó mucho y me convirtió en una bola de hojaldre y me maldijo a vivir eternamente así. Así que te pregunto si eso fue una razón, sólo porque cociné sus ranas", dijo TandPuff.
"Bueno, eso fue una cosa estúpida. ¿Qué es una rana vaca, nunca he oído hablar de ellas?" preguntó Eddie a TandPuff.
"Ah, bueno, hijo, probablemente no hayas oído hablar de ellas, son ehm, quiero decir que eran el primo exótico de las ranas toro, eran negras con bonitas manchas blancas. Pero yo cociné las últimas, así que ya no están en este planeta", respondió TandPuff con voz triste.
A lo que Eddie contestó "¡Qué descuido el tuyo, y sí te mereces ser un vulgar puffball por eso, y me voy ya!"
Eddie se hartó de sentir lástima por TandPuff y no pudo quitarse de la cabeza la imagen de esas simpáticas ranas negras con manchas blancas siendo asadas vivas.
Eddie había pasado 42 minutos muy agitados siguiendo el rastro del mago, que seguramente estaba cerca. El parque no es muy grande, pero pasar por debajo de Lush era como pasar por un ojo de buey. ¿Dónde diablos estaba Eddie? Bueno, espera un minuto, ¿es esto siquiera la tierra, tal vez este es un lugar muy lejano ... pensó Eddie.
No, No, No basta con esta tontería Eddie se dijo a sí mismo, estoy en un pequeño parque en el Reino de Fife en Escocia. No temas, y sigue caminando, tienes una cita, una cita con un mago murmuró Eddie mientras pasaba por un sitio extraño.
De repente se abrió un hueco y ahí estaba un campo de golf en medio del sendero arbolado por el que Eddie caminaba. Ahora sentía que realmente estaba soñando. Siguió caminando, tomando un trago de agua, asegurándose de que no estaba alucinando. El sol le hace trucos a tu cerebro, pensó Eddie. Pero también se dio cuenta de que estaba en lo profundo del bosque, a la sombra, no había sol.
De repente, Eddie se detuvo y sonrió a una cara conocida junto a un árbol que le saludaba.
"¡¡¡SAMMYYY!!! Mi amigo perdido hace tiempo" exclamó un Eddie muy feliz.
"Eddie, lo has conseguido" gritó Sammy con su agudo chillido (¡si no, cómo sonaría una ardilla!).
"Sammy, hermano, ¿cómo estás? ¿Y cómo sabías que iba a venir?" preguntó Eddie a la ardilla Sammy.
Sammy la ardilla aguda
"Oh, estás tan loco como siempre" rió Sammy "El mago lo sabe todo en su reino, ha estado observando cada paso de tu camino".
"Oh, de verdad, ¿entonces dónde está ese mago? ¿Por qué no ha venido a verme?" Eddie sonaba impaciente ahora.
"Oh, compórtate Eddie, estoy aquí para llevarte a Sir Michael, él no se siente muy bien hoy, de lo contrario habría venido él mismo" respondió Sammy
"Ahora sígueme, es sólo un paseo de cinco minutos" me dijo.
Después de cinco minutos de cotilleo en los que Eddie y Sammy hablaron de Daffy, el pato de Pomerania, de sus problemas y de su triángulo amoroso con Milly y Molly, las dos hembras de pato azulón, se dieron cuenta de que sí, que Daffy era una reina del drama.
"¡Estamos aquí!", exclamó Sammy.
Aunque Eddie no vio a Sir Michael Scott, sí vio algo en la distancia...
Sammy dijo "Vamos, el mago está esperando"
Así que Eddie avanzó un poco más y luego se detuvo frente a lo que había visto en la distancia.
El mago descansando después de su pinchazo covid
Era un mago. Un mago llamado Sir Michael Scott.
Le dije a Sammy "Es una estatua de madera"
Sammy me miró y gritó "Eddie, habla en voz baja, Sir Michael está descansando, hoy le han puesto la vacuna COVID de refuerzo, así que necesita descansar, y cuando duerme se convierte en una estatua de madera para que la gente no le hable."
Continuó: "Antes de que le pusieran la vacuna, me dijo que te dijera que volvieras mañana, para escuchar la verdadera historia de TandPuff, Lush y otros que aún no has visto".
"De acuerdo Sammy, estoy cansado y necesito un café y una siesta de todos modos" dije.
"¡Una última cosa Eddie!" comentó Sammy.
"Toma esta bellota mágica. Cuando el mago se despierte, esta bellota brillará y se convertirá en una bellota dorada. Cuando lo haga, vuelve al Parque y te encontraré. Ahora vámonos y te enseñaré el portal de vuelta al Parque Encantado para que vuelvas a tu casa, sígueme" insistió Sammy.
Eddie siguió a Sammy por el sendero y luego se desvaneció a través del portal, y antes de darse cuenta estaba de nuevo en el sofá de su salón.
Eddie pensó que era un sueño, pero sintió algo en su bolsillo.
Al sacarlo, descubrió que era la bellota mágica que le había regalado Sammy.
Hay magia a nuestro alrededor, pensó Eddie, ¡sólo hay que buscarla!
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Ah, Eddie the Wildlife goes into an adventure! That was a wonderful walk with you on the park. And this👇 is a super YES!
I believe you are finding many each and everyday, Tito Ed?
hehe you like that I see CJ 😁
I actually went on another walk yesterday CJ and wow made a fun discovery and played with my new toy hehe 📷😃🦢
That's something to look forward to Tito Ed :-)
Yes will look at the pics this afternoon, and draft out a post CJ :)
Yay! All the best Tito and will be reading :)
hehe you really are awesome CJ, one of a perfect kind🙂
And so are You :) Thank you
I love the way your do your walks. I was really surprised to see an actual wizard carved out of wood. Also the translation was done well. Maybe one day translators will figure out how to translate Korean properly.
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I love these walks, do you know it takes me seven minutes to walk to the start of that trail in the woods from house. Truly blessed. It would be great if the Korean language was able to be translated properly by translators, mind you I think your K dramas seem to be popular enough with subtitles hehe
Well I was fortunate growing up with nature loving parents and grandparents so we were always out in nature exploring. Yes I was surprised to find the wizard statue the first time I saw it. Michael Scott actual was a remarkable wizard from the 1300s a very learned and travelled man😁
Amazing living a land that survived so much. I will share some of my hike in a few minutes.
oh cool, I shall be watching with interest 👀
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You really like adventure Ed 😁
hehe I like these ones as no danger, haha had enough danger in my life to last many lifetimes Jane 🤣🤣🤣
Wow, partner, this story is so so creative and so, I don't even have words to quantify what I have to say. This is beautiful buddy😍😍. How do you do it? It was feeling so true, I felt like I was seeing a movie.
Are you a director in the Hollywood firm?🥰🥰
hehe they were all pictures I took on a walk and well just easy to make it magical.
thank you partner I do love to write like that.
I am glad that you enjoyed it, a director in Hollywood haha I wish🤣
Hmmm, scary at a point, funny at a point. Talking tree,a voice from the ground and Eddie kept going non stop, despite being warned. Thank God it didn't cost his life, he later found himself in his living room. Hahaha. Wicked spirits are powerful. I think they are the ones responsible for magical acts. We just have to be careful. Nice write up sir. Well done
hehe Eddie is quite fearless and tries anything once!
YOu are right, spirits can be good and not so good, and they are responsible for magic acts, again some good and some not so good!
Thank you very much, they are fun to write stories:)
Eddie W is a magic master. And after reading all this together. I really have to encourage you to do some child's books with all the magic and funny stories you have.
Have a magic day, Eddie 😊♡
hehe it was fun to put that into one post like that!
Yes that would be good to do I think! Maybe easier than Archie and I met two well three new characters yesterday hehe
Good morning Super Eli🙂
Hum, three new characters sounds fun 😄😄
Hey, I hope you are not giving up on Archie. Don't you dare, wee rascal!
Enjoy your day, Super Ed!
No no, Archie has got new ideas jotted down, so that is also good
Okay! 😅😅 I think Archie only needs a writing routine ✍️, Super Ed! A half-hour a day at the same hour every day. You should try ;)
A routine , oh my god, that is so organised!
Haha! don't pretend now to make fun of it, Super Ed. 😜😉
You, Mr. Project Manager. So let's don't use the boring word
routineand call it a plan LOLYou can be the king of JIT, but I know you can stick to a plan if required, don't you?
What a funny story it is a good strategy to become wood after being vaccinated, as its side effects are not very pleasant, the unfortunate thing is that Eddie you were not able to talk to Sir Michael.
Thanks for that :) Eddie is still waiting to for Sir Michael the wizard to wake up 🤣
This story is so entertaining and innovative that I do not have words to explain what I have to say. That is fantastic, my friend.
Thank you, it is my goal to entertain!
I appreciate that, thank you!
Eh! This is a wonderful write-up. When I started reading your piece, I fear when got to some points but I decided to read through, you amazed me with the tail end. Please keep it up, my friend!
Thank you, it was a fun one to write :)
@tengolotodo quien eres. Eddie, el mago, el dragón o todos? Muy divertido tu cuento. Gracias por compartir