George the Greytown Wizard

times of unusual weather reversals, usually during the winter, this
mist is attracted to neglected, unloved towns. When it falls it will turn
everything grey.
“So,” George said to himself. “The grey curse is not the result of a magic spell.
Itʼs the fault of the townspeople for neglecting their town. But what was done
can be undone and I, George the magician, will do the undoing.” George loved
the sound of his own voice saying these brave words.
George went back to his books, seeking an cure for the grey disease. But he
could not find any mention of it. Not to be deterred, George continued reading
through piles of books. It was many more days before he found:
Two Part Cure On How To Restore Colour To Anything That Has
Been Contaminated By Poisonous Grey Mists.
Part 1: take one special person, put a pencil in hand and paper in
front and wait for the magic to work.
Part 2: the solution to permanent colours is only for the eyes of
the wise, for further information turn to page 101....”
He then looked for the rest of Part 2 of the cure, but there was no page 101
in the whole book. There was a page 100 and 102 but no 101. George looked
at the binding of the book to see if a page had been torn out. But this was not
the case. George was furious.
“Why is it that books of instructions always leaves out half of the information,”
he shouted at the piles of books. “Books of instructions are full of mysteries
and madness, revealing nothing,” he complained to the grey world outside
when he went for his morning walk.
the delegation
The people of Wannabe were very depressed. They had given up their
usual daily business of making as much money as they could. They argued
“What was the point of making money to buy beautiful things if the things
were no longer beautiful.” The town was very quiet. There was no longer the
bustle of business in the main street. People stayed at home and peered at
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