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Anyway!
Baba Milenka's Stories present:
The Book of Magic
from bulgarian slavic folklore
There once was a young man, whose mother was a witch.
They lived a good life together with his father and siblings.
But soon their peaceful life was interrupted
For a war had begun
Motivated, as youth often are, the young man joined the army.
Heartbroken, but understanding, his mother gave him some of her most powerful and precious magic items
As a someone studying magic, he happily accepted the gifts.
And he went to war.
Sometime later, he was stationed in a small town
and in this small town he took a lover.
Although she was a "shameful woman",
that's what Baba Milenka called sex workers
the witch's son had taken her as a lover and even asked her to marry him.
And one day, when he was out on patrol,
she came to visit him.
Upon finding his room empty, she decided to wait for him
Looking for something to do, she picked up one of his many books.
Opening it, she saw it was only a list of names.
After reading for a little amount of time,
she raised her head and saw that the room was full of diabolical looking beings.
Stuck with terror and not knowing what to do, she continued to read.
Again she read and again she looked and again the spirits had increased.
And again she read and having finished the book, looked around again.
The number of spirits had increased so much that there was barely space for them. Some even sat on each other's shoulder and they all watched her every move
She saw that the situation was serious, so she shut the book and shut her eyes and waited anxiously for her lover to return.
As soon as she shut the book, the spirits rushed forward, crying
"Give us work to do... quickly!!!"
After thinking for a second, she said
"Clean all the baths in the town and fill them with warm, clean water."
The spirits flew away and returned two minutes later.
"It is done! Give us work to do... quickly!"
"Pull down the Governor's house, brick by brick for during the day he mocks my sisters and I."
The spirits flew away but returned two minutes later demanding more work.
"Build up the Governor's house back up the way it was before, for during the night he pays my sisters and I."
The spirits flew away but returned two minutes later demanding more work.
"Go and count every grain of sand that lies on the bottom of the river, every every drop of water and every fish that swims within it, from it's source to it's mount."
Again, the spirits flew away but this time they took only a minute to return
Thus before the young woman could think of a new task, the old one had already been finished.
And when she took a moment to think,
they threatened her with instant death if she did not give them something to do. Becoming exhausted and with no sign of her lover's return, she began to try and think of ways to be rid of the spirits. Then she remembered that when she was reading, the spirits did not bother her. But as she began to read the book again, more spirits appeared. Restless and insulted, the spirits became more violent.
Shouting or pulling at her whenever she hesitated on a word or paused for a rest
"Give us work to do! Give us work!"
Seeing this was making things worse, a thought occurred to her.
Turning the book around,
She began to read the book backwards.
To her relief and utter delight,
she saw the number of spirits decreasing.
She read and read until she had read them all away.
A little while later, her lover returned from patrol
And she told him all that had happened.
"It is fortunate."
He said while holding her tenderly
"That you began to read the book backwards. For had you not read them away by midnight, they would have eaten you."
The End
I am tired.
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