The Wizard from the Sky
-Translated by Atsuko Tamasaki-

“Don’t dillydally! Go to the after-hours school, now!”
“You can’t answer such an easy question? Go back to the first grade!”
Kota is in the sixth grade of the elementary school. He feels indisposed for anything these days.
One day, on his way home from school, he heard a rustle of leaves that the wind blew to everywhere on the roads. Kota looked up into the sky, and saw a big star alongside the crescent moon.
“Wow… it’s dazzlingly bright! Some wonder may happen. Yes, I’m gonna recite a spell…
…abracadabra…? Is this strange? It’s all right… Vanish the after-hour school! Mom, be gentle!”
But nothing changed of the moon or the star. But…

Rustling…clattering…soughing…
Kota heard something. He carefully looked around, and saw something is moving and coming out from the leaves by the wayside. Kota stared down at the small creature.
“Oh, it was painful. There might be no problem if I landed on the branches. Dry leaves aren’t good cushion. Any way, I safely landed!”
The creature looked like a snail. A snail should have dots on its back, but this creature has trendy tartan, and besides, it is of Kelly green and orange color.
Kota believed what happened was true, under the moon and stars, without any doubt. While Kota stares the creature’s move, the tartan was performing magic very hard.
“Krurun, parurun, Bloom!” then, the still rigid bud has bloomed.
“Bravo! You are so terrific!” Kota was beside himself and talked to the tartan without thought.

The tartan was surprised.
“Hang it! You saw it, didn’t you?” the tartan was giving pretty and embarrassed glance at Kota.
“Yes, plainly”
“Would you keep this secret between you and me? If you promise, I will teach you only this magic”
“Yes, of course!”
The tartan jumped up on the Kota’s knee, and recited a spell to the crescent moon and the big star.“×○△□…×○△□……”
Then, Kota’s hair stood quickly, and went down.

 “All set! If you keep the secret, you can perform the magic during the moon and the star are in the sky! Then I gonna go. I wish we can see each other again. Bye-bye”, the tartan said and disappeared.
Kota was so pleased. Even now, he performs the magic when the crescent moon and the big star are in the sky.