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where needing to use such crutches is no longer necessary. Once youтАЩve learned all the spells in that
Encyclopedie, you can construct your own. Once you know a million spells you can construct a billion, a
trillion-however many you want! Not that I think youтАЩll ever reach that point.тАЭ

Jim agreed. Moreover, he felt as if he didnтАЩt particularly care to reach that point.

тАЬHow long do I go on feeling like a stuffed goose?тАЭ he asked feebly.

тАЬOh, that,тАЭ Carolinus waved a hand negligently. тАЬThatтАЩll pass off in half an hour or so. You just need to
digest what youтАЩve swallowed.тАЭ

He turned back toward the house.

тАЬWell,тАЭ he said over his shoulder, тАЬthat takes care of your matter. I can get back to my orrery.
Remember what I told you. Practice! Practice!тАЭ

тАЬWait!тАЭ yelped Jim.

Chapter Four
Carolinus stopped and turned. His white eyebrows were drawn together in a frown and he was looking
definitely dangerous.

тАЬNow what?тАЭ he asked, enunciating the words slowly and ominously.

тАЬIтАЩm still in my dragon body,тАЭ said Jim. тАЬI need to get out of this. How do I do it?тАЭ

тАЬWith Magic!тАЭ retorted Carolinus. тАЬWhy do you think I took you on as a pupil? Why do you think I had
you swallow the Encyclopedie? You have the means, use them!тАЭ

Jim made a flash examination of his mind. He could feel knowledge there, all right; a lump as indigestible
and unavailable as the weight he seem to feel in his stomach.

тАЬYou had me swallow it,тАЭ said Jim desperately, тАЬbut I donтАЩt know how to use it. How do I turn myself
from a dragon back into myself?тАЭ

A malicious smile crept across CarolinusтАЩs face; but it relaxed from the ominous scowl that had held it a
second before.

тАЬAha!тАЭ he said. тАЬAs a teaching assistant I naturally assumed youтАЩd know how to make use of resource
materials. But clearly you donтАЩt.тАЭ

For a moment the frown came back. He muttered something in his beard about, тАЬ... disgraceful...
younger generation...

тАЬHowever,тАЭ he said, тАЬI suppose IтАЩll have to walk you through your first use of Magic.

тАЬLook on the inside of your forehead,тАЭ he added.

Jim stared at him. Then he tried what Carolinus had said. Of course he could not look at the inside of his
forehead. But, strangely enough, he now had the feeling that, with a little bit of imagination, he could