William Calhoun and the Black Feather. Book I
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Aik Iskandaryan. William Calhoun and the Black Feather. Book I
William Calhoun and. the Black Feather
Chapter one. William named after two Williams
Chapter two. «Well-Fed Wizard»
Chapter three. From Kin to Kin, Kin for the Good of Kin!
Chapter four. Magic Post Office
Chapter five. Feather Nest
Chapter six. The Six O-Clocker
Chapter seven. Alpurg
Chapter eight. Annual Enrolee Ball
Chapter nine. The Journey to London
Chapter ten. Featherology
Chapter eleven «Dwarf and Centaur’
Chapter twelve. The secret of number 13 in the Blackfriars Lane
Chapter thirteen. A night visitor
Chapter fourteen. The teacher of Wizard History Refutation
Chapter fifteen. Nymus’s swollen palm
Chapter sixteen. On the other side
Chapter seventeen. Magiflorology
Chapter eighteen. Non-existent Address
Chapter nineteen. Empty Village
Chapter twenty. Ferzibald Fafner recounts
Chapter twenty-One. A mailmage, a bucket, and a dream
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Number 7 in the Green Wiz Street belonged to an old woman, Mrs. Oliver, who was much over seventy. With each day, moving around was becoming more difficult for her, not mentioning walking near the house. She lived together with a boy called William Calhoun. Exactly seven years ago, as she was strolling around her house in the evening, about to head home to get ready for bed, Mrs. Oliver noticed a small bundle in the middle of the road opposite her house. The bundle looked like a piece of crumpled fabric thrown out of the passing car. However, since cars on the roads around here were rare, this find was quite a surprise. It was very quiet. Thinking that one of the locals must have thrown out some old clothes, Mrs. Oliver turned around and started walking towards her house. But she stopped when someone started crying. It was a baby cry, no doubts. She looked around and saw no one, but in a few seconds, she realized where the crying was coming from. Her walk somewhat unsure, she headed to the road and, as she came closer, took a good look at the bundle. It turned out to be a baby, wrapped in rags.
Mrs. Oliver picked the baby up. Sensing her care, he fell quiet. His big blue eyes stared at Mrs. Oliver and then the baby’s tiny mouth opened in a smile.
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«They can. But it is a severe violation of the Post Office Code, as well as the Celestine Oath, which we give during the Mailmage Initiation Ceremony. If a mailmage breaks the oath, he will be separated from the Central Magic Post Office once and till the last line! After which he will be stripped of his right to take part in exchanging any kind of correspondence in any way and his further Mail Activity will be persecuted and punished by Law.»
«Why is it so important to have a mailmage? Can’t we just use mobile phones or the internet? There are so many ways of exchanging information instantly and, more importantly, safely.»
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