been switched. Drinking the Insta-Dance: Ballroom Edition potion will result in mastery of the street performer style of dancing, complete with flips and acrobatic styles. They offer their apologies for the inconvenience and will send along a properly labeled Ballroom Edition potion once it is available.

Q. Crispin,

For years I have been trying to learn a second language but never could pick it up until I met this traveling salesman with a potion called "Languages In A Bottle: No Side Effects." I took it and suddenly I knew 40 languages. However, I am suddenly having this strange uncontrollable urge for pickles. Do you have a cure?

-waltz

A. Dear waltz,

What a pickle indeed. If you look in Crispin’s Guide to Spellcasting: Updated and Revised 2nd Edition, under section D55, Article 22, lines 13-30, under the heading “How To Get Rid Of An Uncontrollable Urge For Pickles,” you will find detailed instructions on how to focus your appetite on other food. It has also come to my attention that my various spell-casting books have contained numerous errors that have resulted in occasional miscasts of spells. If there are any errors in my latest book then I encourage you to utilize a brand new spell at the end of every copy of my Guide to Spellcasting: Universal Spell-Reversal! Guaranteed to reverse any spell!

-Crispin

Editor’s note: Unfortunately, another minor error has been found in “Crispin’s Guide to Spellcasting: Updated and Revised 2nd Edition.” Specifically, it appears that Universal Spell-Reversal does not work on anything pickle related. Should any spells involving pickles need to be reversed, you will be placed on a waiting list to receive a free updated copy and a year’s subscription to Crispin’s Magic Monthly Magazine as an apology for the inconvenience.

 

Dear Crispin,

I bought my 5-year old son Crispin’s Wand Kit for Children, but it seems that he’s proven to be too formidable of a wizard for his age. Granted, he’s only been making the vegetables I try to feed him turn into bacon, but it’s very unnerving trying to feed him. Wizards need their vegetables, and he simply refuses to eat them! Please help!

Sincerely, A Concerned Mother

Dear A Concerned Mother,

Children can be very tough to deal with, especially when you give them a wand at such an early age. By the sound of it, I would say your son is a prodigy in the making. I would buy one of my old, but still very useful, books: Crispin’s Guide to Raising a Child Prodigy. Unfortunately, it has been out of print for several centuries, but I’m quite sure you can find it used at any respectable book peddler. I hope this book is helpful for you.

-Crispin

Editors Note: It appears that Crispin’s age has gotten the better of him; Crispin’s Guide to Raising a Child Prodigy was actually banned in many kingdoms for it’s unorthodox methods of raising a prodigy. The methods are out of date for the current century. The Four Winds apologizes for this inconvenience.

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