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Chinese Sorcerer.

Far away over the sea in a distant land China there lived a very famous sorcerer. It was he that invented Paper and later on Gunpowder. This all happened when the Emperor of all China was a man named Ming. This sorcerer was always roaming the woods and forests for new leaves, flowers, bark of trees and root anything that he could experiment with. He was always mixing some powders or ground down roots to see what would happen when he mixed them together.  That is how he came across Paper and then Gunpowder. His first explosion with the new powder was not very loud but he soon knew how to mix the powder to get bigger and better explosions.

He had another much more important hobby and that was silk worms. He at first fed them on mulberry leaves and then as was his nature he started to experiment by spreading mixtures of other plants or fruits on the mulberry leaves. The silk that he produced was first class and could be made into the most wonderful garments for both men and women. The sorcerer was by nature a greedy man that was always wanting more. It was the same with his silk worms he paid the local peoples to bring him every silk worm that they could find.

Soon he became even more famous for his silks they were when woven very strong. Soon the Sorcerer was the second richest man in the Chinese Empire, only the Emperor and his Family were richer. This was the reason for the sorcerer to start planning to overthrow the Emperor He had many ideas but they were not practical. To pay someone to kill the Emperor was not a good plan because he was too well guarded. The Emperor also had a very good friend in Queen Feeana, Queen of all the Fairies. It was Her Majesty that warned the Emperor what the Sorcerer was planning.

The sorcerer was on good terms with the local pirates and he thought with their help he could overcome the palace Guards. He built hundreds of bombs that he filled with the new gunpowder that he had made. It was decided that the pirates would attack at dawn by bombing the gates of the palace thereby letting the pirates into the building to do their evil work.

Queen Feeana caused all the pirates to fall asleep just as they attacked the palace it was then easy for the palace guards to capture them all and put them into prison where they belonged. The Sorcerer was very angry with Queen Feeana for upsetting his plans to rule the whole of the Chinese Empire. He swore that he would get his revenge on the Fairy Queen.

His silk worms now produced the silk that was so strong that it took the sharpest of knives to cut through it, With this silk the sorcerer decided to get his revenge on the Fairy Queen Feeana He made some special kimono’s that when put on ones body they shrunk causing the person wearing them to suffer with loss of movement. The arms could not be moved nor the hips or the legs. The silk was at the same time so pretty and soft to the touch that it would be impossible not to put one on.

The Sorcerer made a dozen of the kimonos and sent them off to the Fairy Queen saying that they were a present from the Emperor Ming. The Queen Feeana was delighted to receive such a splendid present. She sent a letter back immediately to the Emperor thanking him. The Emperor wrote back that he had not sent any presents as he was waiting for Her Royal Majesty to visit him in his palace where the Royal porcelain makers were finishing the Presents for the Queen.

It was too late Her Majesty had tried on one of the kimonos and it had shrunk so that she could not move any part of her body. The Queen was nearly helpless but she could still use her voice. She called a robin and asked him to take a message to me. I at once went to Her Majesties home and saw the terrible thing that the sorcerer had done to her. I took Her Majesty’s magic wand and touched the kimono. The kimono immediately grew to a normal size and her Majesty was free.

It took exactly five minutes for the Queen’s punishment to reach t

 he Sorcerer. All of the gunpowder in his home exploded and he was blown up in a loud bang and much smoke. He has not been seen or heard of since. The porcelain vases that the Emperor had made for the Queen are now to be seen in the British Museum.