Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX CATCHING THE BREEZE 'Only one bird was flying in the air with the wind at that moment,' said the wizard. 'Come, blackbird, shake your feathers. I want the wind from them!' The blackbird shook his glossy feathers out

and the wizard held a green paper bag under them to catch the wind in them. The bag blew up a little, like a balloon.

'Not enough wind here to change your friend's face back again!' said the wizard, looking at it. 'I wonder if there were any kites using the wind at that moment!' He went to a cupboard and took the tail of a kite out of it. He threw it up into the air just outside the door. 'Come, kites, and bring The breeze from your wing!' he called. Peter and Binky watched eagerly- and to their delight saw two kites sailing down from the sky. One was a green one and one was a red. They fell at the wizard's feet. He shook each one to get the wind into his green bag.

It blew up just a little more. 'Still not enough,' said the wizard. 'I'll get the little ships along. There will surely be enough then!' He ran to the mantelpiece and took a tiny sailor doll from it. He threw it up into the air and it disappeared. 'Come, ships, and bring The breeze from your wing!' sang the old wizard, his hair and beard streaming out like smoke. Then, sailing up a tinkling stream that ran

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