Early that evening, Otis found Topaz out walking in the forest not far from the castle. Otis perched on a sturdy bush while he told the Yellow Conjure Cat about the missing Fairy child. The cat sat on his haunches and listened, his luminous eyes half closed. When Otis finished talking, he cocked his feathered head to one side. He stared at his old friend in fascination while he watched him complete a wide yawn. Topaz's long white whiskers twitched back and forth in the oddest manner before the yawn was finally finished. It seemed to Otis that the noise of the crickets grew louder while he waited still longer for Topaz to respond to the news. “I’d like to know what you think about all this, Topaz.” Otis prompted him at long last. Topaz spoke in a guttural mew. “I don’t like the sound of it, Otis.” The great owl blinked, his head swiveled to stare directly into the conjure cat's face. “I should think not. And that’s not even the worst of it.” “What do you mean?” Topaz stared at Otis this time, his strange, luminous eyes now wide open. Otis had known Topaz almost all his life. He was well past being bothered by the cat's unnatural stare. “I talked to several of the forest folk today. This youngster, Thistle, he’s not the only missing child. I suppose I ought to mention the rumors as well." A crinkle appeared in the middle of Topaz’s forehead. “What do the rumors say?” “Those who live in the forest are afraid, Topaz. They believe the Wizard of Scarford has returned. They say it is he who is stealing their children.” Topaz stiffened. “That may be possible.” He growled lightly under his breath. “But I do find it hard to believe that even a wizard as powerful as Dominance could awaken from the Sleep of Darkness.”
Topaz and the Evil Wizard is a revised edition of the first book in the series, Tales of Topaz the Conjure Cat written for ages 8-12 and up. The story is 182 pages. This is a tale about a mystical cat with unique paranormal powers who lives in a land inhabited by fairies, elves, gnomes, and other mystical beings.
Early that evening, Otis found Topaz out walking in the forest not far from the castle. Otis perched on a sturdy bush while he told the Yellow Conjure Cat about the missing Fairy child. The cat sat on his haunches and listened, his luminous eyes half closed. When Otis finished talking, he cocked his feathered head to one side. He stared at his old friend in fascination while he watched him complete a wide yawn.
Topaz's long white whiskers twitched back and forth in the oddest manner before the yawn was finally finished. It seemed to Otis that the noise of the crickets grew louder while he waited still longer for Topaz to respond to the news.
“I’d like to know what you think about all this, Topaz.” Otis prompted him at long last.
Topaz spoke in a guttural mew. “I don’t like the sound of it, Otis.”
The great owl blinked, his head swiveled to stare directly into the conjure cat's face. “I should think not. And that’s not even the worst of it.”
“What do you mean?” Topaz stared at Otis this time, his strange, luminous eyes now wide open.
Otis had known Topaz almost all his life. He was well past being bothered by the cat's unnatural stare. “I talked to several of the forest folk today. This youngster, Thistle, he’s not the only missing child. I suppose I ought to mention the rumors as well."
A crinkle appeared in the middle of Topaz’s forehead. “What do the rumors say?”
“Those who live in the forest are afraid, Topaz. They believe the Wizard of Scarford has returned. They say it is he who is stealing their children.”
Topaz stiffened. “That may be possible.” He growled lightly under his breath. “But I do find it hard to believe that even a wizard as powerful as Dominance could awaken from the Sleep of Darkness.”
Topaz and the Evil Wizard is a revised edition of the first book in the series, Tales of Topaz the Conjure Cat written for ages 8-12 and up. The story is 182 pages. This is a tale about a mystical cat with unique paranormal powers who lives in a land inhabited by fairies, elves, gnomes, and other mystical beings.