A for Abracadabra

“Dadu, what’s this word? I can’t even say it.”

Old man was gazing intently at a far-off tree. He slowly shifted his gaze from the tree to the young boy, his grandson. The child is as beautiful as that tree, he thought.

He looked at the word, “Abracadabra.”

“Abracadabra?” boy appeared confused. “What does it mean? Is it a magic word?”

“I think so.”

“What magic will happen if I say this word?”

“You can make any thing vanish.”

“Are you serious?”

“Of course! But you need a magic wand. The word alone won’t do any magic.”

“Magic wand?”

“Imagine this is a magic wand,” old man gave him a pencil that was on his writing desk. “Touch something with this magic wand and say the magic word. The thing will vanish.”

The boy didn’t hesitate even for a second. He touched his grandfather’s writing desk with the magic wand and said, rather seriously, “Abracadabra!”

Nothing happened. He looked at the old man. “Try again. Touch that brass lion,” grandfather said, pointing to a small brass lion kept on a counter.

The boy touched the brass lion and said, “Abracadabra!” The lion did not vanish.

The boy raised his eyes mockingly. He then touched his grandfather with the magic wand and said, Abracadabra!”

The grandfather vanished.

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A post for A-to-Z Challenge

Today’s letter A

 

A