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Leprechauns Revenge.

Once in the year, nine hundred and eighty two, ten Leprechauns got together to talk about what had happened to them in the previous year. All ten Leprechauns were shoemakers or tinkers, builders or painters all of them could work in metal. Like all Leprechauns, each owned a pot filled with gold. Most of them had their gold well hidden and only went to their gold store to place more gold in their pots. This year the Leprechauns were very angry a well-known Sorcerer had cheated all of them. All swore that they would get their own back on this Sorcerer. They made one plan after another only to discard them as not being workable. The smallest came up with a plan. “Let us all use magic to stop this Sorcerer from cheating, I think too that we should teach him a lesson.” All agreed to this plan but how were they going to be in a position to use magic. If they all went together to see him, he would know straight away that they were up to no good.

After a long time discussing how to make the Sorcerer pay for his evil ways they decided to think about it, all year and meet again after twelve months had gone by. Each went on his own way carrying on with whatever work they were doing at that time. The weeks slowly went by and each Leprechaun practised his magic until they were now perfect. Unbeknown to the other Leprechauns each had visited the Sorcerer on some pretext or other, each was trying to find the weak spot that the Sorcerer must have. The time came for their next meeting, after the usual greetings each told of his meeting with the Sorcerer. They concluded that the only way to get their revenge was by means of magic gold. Like all Sorcerers, he was eager to get his hands on magic gold. As the Leprechauns well knew only Her Majesty Queen Feeana had magic gold, it was decided to go to Her Majesty and ask her for some of the precious metal.

Once again, it was the smallest of the Leprechauns who thought he had the best chance of getting some gold from Queen Feeana. Sending him off to visit the Queen to see whether she would give him some of the gold, the other nine Leprechauns waited patiently for him to return. A week went by and the smallest of the Leprechauns came back with a large smile on his face. Her Majesty on hearing why they wanted the gold gave the small Leprechaun two bars of the precious metal. The ten Leprechauns were now ready to face the Sorcerer but how to proceed without rousing his suspicions. Again, it was the smallest of the Leprechauns who came up with this plan. Each Leprechaun was to make an invisible cloak long enough to reach the ground. In this way, they would be invisible to the Sorcerer and could then work their magic on him. The cloaks were made and thoroughly tested and off went the Leprechauns to get their revenge on the Sorcerer.

Before approaching, the house where the Sorcerer lived the Leprechauns donned their cloaks and invisibly went closer and closer. “Sorcerer come out I have some magic gold for you,” called the smallest of the Leprechauns. On hearing the words magic gold the Sorcerer ran out of the house to stop puzzled for there was no one to be seen, “Now!” said the smallest of the Leprechauns and all ten used their magic to spin the Sorcerer in the air. The Sorcerer also tried to use magic but only sparks twirled round with him as he flew in a circle in the air. The Sorcerer did not know what was happening to him one minute he was a pig flying in circles then a donkey, Then a rat and a chicken followed the Leprechauns kept their magic working for at least ten minutes before they let the Sorcerer down to the ground. The Sorcerer was now a monkey and had a very puzzled look on his monkey face. The Leprechauns took off their magic cloaks and stood there laughing at the Sorcerer. You will not cheat any other Leprechauns they laughingly said. For we like you better as a monkey than a Sorcerer. Going into his house, the Sorcerer now a monkey came out with a large basket in his hands. In the basket were all of the monies that he had cheated the Leprechauns out of in the past. Take the money and turn me back into a Sorcerer he pleaded. The smallest Leprechaun took the basket with the money and donning his cloak disappeared from the yard. The other Leprechauns also donned their cloaks then they turned the Sorcerer back from a monkey into a man.

The Sorcerer still lives in his house but he has learned his lesson and now pays for every job of work that is done for him. No Leprechaun will ever go near his house and the ten still get together and tell each other of the fun they had with the Sorcerer the cloaks are carefully kept with their gold treasures they after all do not know when they might need them again. The magic gold that they got from Her Majesty Queen Feeana they gave back to the Queen it was not needed the Sorcerers greed was his undoing.