Pinchbeck The wizard and Pogo the goblin were walking together in the woods. They were talking about a magic spell. “ The mushrooms must be picked at midnight,” Pogo told Pinchbeck. They were so busy talking, they didn’t see a robber creeping up behind them. I spy a bag of gold! Suddenly, The robber jumped out. He hit Pinchbeck over the head with his club. “ give me your gold!” He shouted. Pinchbeck dropped the gold. Pogo just ran. The robber tied Pinchbeck to a tree. Three hours later, Pogo came back. “ my head hurts,” groans Pinchbeck. “ let’s go to the castle for help,” said Pogo. Slowly Pinchbeck and pogo climbed to the castle. They stopped in front of a huge wooden door and knocked. Inside, The king and queen were having tea. “ was that a knock?” Asked the Queen. Pausing between mouthfuls of soft -boiled egg. “Hmm, I wonder who it could be?” Said the King. “ who’s there?” Called the King. “Pogo!” Said Pogo. “With Pinchbeck The wizard.” “ We were robbed in the woods. Please let us in.” “ that’s terrible!” Said the King.” Come in at once.” The Queen made some fresh tea, and wrapped PinchBeck’s head in bandages. “ The robbers came here too,” she said. “ and they’re coming back tomorrow,” The king added, “ if we don’t give them two more bags of gold, they’ll take over our castle. And we don’t have any gold left!” That night, Pinchbeck and pogo stayed in the Castle. They wished that they could do something to help. “ my head’s thumping too much,” sighed Pinchbeck.” I can’t think of any spells.” But Pogo had an idea. Early the next morning, he sneaked out of the castle.” I hope I don’t wake anyone up,” he thought. He found 2 sacks in the shed and tiptoed through the garden. If he tried hard enough, he might be able to work a spell. As fast as he could, he stuffed both sacks with leaves. Then he hurried back to the castle. When Pinchback saw the sacks, he clapped his hands with glee, “ Pogo! You’ve helped me to remember a spell!” Umpi-grumpi, do As as you’re told. For those robbers and turn into gold! Yellow smoke filled the air, then... Rat-a-tat-tat! The robbers were banging on the door.” Open up!” They yelled. “ we know you don’t have any gold. The castle’s ours!” The Queen began to cry.” But we have nowhere to go,” she sobbed.” Tough!” Said the robbers.” Please don’t take the castle,” pleaded the king. It’s our home! Just then, The robbers heard another voice. It was pinchbeck.” Take a look at this,” he called, waving at the robbers. They couldn’t believe their eyes. The robbers blinked, and stared, Then blinked again. “ take your gold,” said Pinchbeck.” And make sure we never see you here again.” “ ha! We’re rich now,”Said the chief robber. “ why would we come back?” And they set off. They rode for five days and five nights. The sacks were getting lighter but the robbers didn’t notice. At last, they stopped to rest. Tired and hungry, they decided to cheer themselves up.” Let’s count our gold,” they said. But all They found In the. Sacks were... leaves? “ it’s a trick!” Shouted the chief robber,” We’ll go back!” But it was no good. They’d come too far and completely lost. At the castle, PinchBeck’s head healed and he spells returned. It was time to go. But before He left, he gave the king and queen of magic sack of gold which would never run out. Then he and pogo headed back into the woods, The way they had come.