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muttered. “But what else can we do? Perhaps he has become a better wizard by now.”
    â€œI’ll summon him!” cried Dudwin. He chantedthe wizard’s name backward three times: “CONLEZ! CONLEZ! CONLEZ!”
    A blue light flashed, and out of the light stepped a blue-robed wizard with a pointed hat.
    â€œToadstools!” said the wizard. “Who summons me to the Dark Forest?”
    â€œMe, wiz!” said Dudwin.
    â€œWiz?”
cried the wizard. “Watch out or I shall turn you into a newt!”
    â€œNo!” cried Wiglaf. “My little brother meant no harm. We need your help, Your Wizardness.”
    Zelnoc squinted. “Ah, it’s you, Woglib. You’ve summoned me at a very bad time. Ziz was just demonstrating the Wonder Wand. You toss it up like a baton! Twirl it behind your back! Quick! Tell me what you want, Wuglop, so I can get back to the demo.”
    â€œWe raised a baby dragon,” said Wiglaf. “Now he has grown into a full-size dragon and—”
    â€œIs he too big?” asked Zelnoc. “My shrinking spell is foolproof!”
    â€œWe need a flying spell so we can fly to our dragon,” said Wiglaf.

    Zelnoc stroked his beard. “Just learned a new flying spell, but I haven’t tried it yet,” he said. “How about I turn you into puffy, white clouds that float on the wind?”
    â€œWe need to travel fast,” said Wiglaf.
    â€œOkay, the flying spell it is,” said Zelnoc. “No guarantees, mind you.”
    The wizard began to chant:
    â€œFly spell! Fly spell! With my fl
y words,
    I send these earthbound creatures skyward!
    Off the ground! Up in the air!
    Fl
y where you will, I don’t care.”
    â€œI feel dizzy!” cried Dudwin.
    Wiglaf felt dizzy, too. And he was growing smaller. Much smaller! Had the wizard put the shrinking spell on them by mistake?
    â€œFly, oh, fl
y, wherever you might.
    Fly for a day or fl
y for a night!”
    A buzzing sound filled Wiglaf’s ears. Was another of Zelnoc’s spells going wrong?
    â€œFly, fl
utter, glide, and soar!
    To break the spell, say, ‘Fl
y no more!’”
    â€œDone!” Wiglaf heard the wizard say. “I’m gone.”

Chapter 5
    W hat’s that crazy wizard done to ussss now?” squeaked Erica.
    â€œTurned us into fliessss!” squeaked Angus.
    â€œWoe is usssssss!” buzzed Janice.
    â€œWiggie, what shall we do?” squeaked Dudwin.
    â€œLet me think,” said Wiglaf. They could chant the words to break the spell. Then they would no longer be flies, but that meant a long hike to the dragon school. Wiglaf wanted to find Worm
now
!
    â€œLet usssss fly to Dragon Ssssslackers’ Academy,” he squeaked. “Do you remember the way, Erica?”
    â€œI think sssssso,” said Erica.
    â€œBut I can’t carry my ssssstash!” squealed Angus.
    â€œI’m hungry for sweetssssss,” said Janice. “Let’sss eat it now!”
    â€œOh, all right!” squeaked Angus.
    Without another word, the five flies descended on Angus’s stash. They ate and ate, though they hardly made a dent in the Camelot Crunch Bars, Licorice Dice, Medieval Marshmallows, Ginger Lollies, or Jolly Jelly Worms.
    When they could eat no more, they spread their wings and took to the air. With Erica in the lead, off they flew to Dragon Slackers’ Academy.
    They flew on their tiny fly wings for what seemed like forever. At last they landed in the DSA castle yard near old Straw Guts, a scarecrow knight the dragons used for practice.
    â€œReady?” squeaked Wiglaf.
    Together they chanted, “FLY NO MORE!”
    Zounds! Wiglaf felt as if he were being stretched like a piece of toffee as he grew back into himself.
    â€œYou and your wizard,” grumbled Erica, shaking out her legs.
    â€œWell, here we are!” said Wiglaf. He felt like calling for Worm, but that would be too risky.
    Dudwin