"Simon Hawke - Wizard 7 - The Wizard of Camelot" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hawke Simon)

"There's no such thing as magic!" Christine said.

"There is so!" argued her sister

"Is not!" Christine insisted.

"How do you know?" asked Merlin.

"Because there simply isn't, that's all," replied Christine.

"What makes you so certain?" asked Merlin.

"Magic only happens in fairy tales," said Christine.

"Who told you so?" asked Merlin, raising his bushy eyebrows.

"Everyone knows that," Christine replied with scorn. How could a grownup
possibly be so stupid? Breakfast, meanwhile, continued to prepare itself
during
the discussion.

"Well, I didn't know it," Merlin said. "And since I am someone, then I
suppose
that means that everyone didn't know it."

"Well, it's true," Christine said.

"But how do you know it's true?" persisted Merlin. "Because someone told you
it
was true?"

"Yes," Christine said confidently.

"Do you believe everything that people tell you?" Merlin asked. "Suppose I
said
that you could fly. Would you believe that?"

"No, that's silly," Christine said. "Everyone knows people can't fly. Only
birds
can fly."

"Well, I suppose you must be a bird then," Merlin said. Christine suddenly
floated up into the air. She cried out with alarm and I felt Jenny's grip
tighten on my arm, but I merely looked at her and shook my head.

"Help! Put me down!" Christine cried, making bicycling motions with her legs.

"Put you down?" said Merlin. "Don't be silly. Everyone knows people can't
fly."