ʜᴇᴀʀ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ,
ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛꜱ ᴡᴇ ʜɪᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ,
ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴇꜱᴛɪɴʏ'ꜱ ᴘᴀᴛʜᴡᴀʏ,
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ᴡᴇ ʙʀɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴛʜ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ.
ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪʀᴇ,
ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴅᴇ ʀᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ᴀɪʀ,
ʙʏ ʜɪᴅᴅᴇɴ qᴜɪɴᴛᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇᴍ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀʀᴇ.
ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇʙɪʀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴀʟʟ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ,
ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀꜱꜱɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴘʀɪɴɢ,
ᴡᴇ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴀʟ,
ʀᴇᴊᴏɪᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟ ʀɪɴɢ.
ꜰᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ꜱᴀʙʙᴀᴛ
ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ
ᴀᴛ ʟᴀᴍᴍᴀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇᴍᴀꜱ ᴅᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ,
ᴏɴ ᴍᴀʏ ᴇᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʟᴅ ʜᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇ'ᴇɴ.
ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴇqᴜᴀʟ,
ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜱᴜɴ ɪꜱ ᴀᴛ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ,
ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜʀ ʟᴇꜱꜱᴇʀ ꜱᴀʙʙᴀᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴏɴᴇᴅ,
ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ɢᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ꜰᴇᴀꜱᴛ.
ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴏɴꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴀʀᴇ,
ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴠᴇɴ'ꜱ ᴀʀʀᴀʏ.
ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴀᴛ ᴇꜱʙᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇʀʀʏ,
ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴀʏ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴀꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɢᴇꜱ,
ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɴ,
ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ ᴜɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ,
ᴇʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɢᴇꜱ ʙᴇɢᴀɴ.
ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴅʀᴀᴡɴ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ,
ʙʏ ꜱᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴏʀ ᴀᴛʜᴀᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ,
ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀꜱꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅꜱ ʟɪᴇꜱ,
ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴜʀ.
ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʜᴀꜱ ɴᴏ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴀᴜɢʜᴛ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʟᴅᴇꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴᴠᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ,
ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ɪꜱ ᴡʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ.
ꜰᴏʀ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍʏꜱᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘɪʟʟᴀʀꜱ,
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜʀɪɴᴇ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ,
ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪɴᴇ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ,
ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴇꜱ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴜɴᴛᴏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ,
ꜱʜᴏᴡɴ ꜰᴏʀᴛʜ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ɢᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱ:
ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅɪᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴᴄᴇꜱᴛᴏʀꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ.
ʙʏ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪʟᴅ ᴡɪɴᴅ'ꜱ ʀɪᴅᴇʀ,
ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʀɴ'ᴅ ᴏɴᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴇꜱ.
ʙʏ ᴅᴀʏ ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅʟᴀɴᴅ,
ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴡᴇʟʟᴇʀ ɪɴ ɢʀᴇᴇɴ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱᴛ ɢʟᴀᴅᴇꜱ.
ꜱʜᴇ ɪꜱ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜꜰᴜʟ ᴏʀ ᴏʟᴅ ᴀꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇꜱ,
ꜱʜᴇ ꜱᴀɪʟꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏʀɴ ᴄʟᴏᴜᴅꜱ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴀʀqᴜᴇ,
ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴏꜰ ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ,
ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇᴀᴠᴇꜱ ꜱᴘᴇʟʟꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ,
ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴡᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ,
ɪᴍᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇɴᴇᴡɪɴɢ,
ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ʙɪɴᴅ.
ꜱᴏ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡɪɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʟᴅ ɢᴏᴅꜱ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘʀᴀɪꜱᴇ,
ᴛɪʟʟ ᴇʟᴘʜᴀᴍᴇꜱ'ꜱ ꜰᴀɪʀ ʟᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ ᴜꜱ
ɪɴ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴀʏꜱ.
ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟᴛ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇ,
ꜱᴏ ʙᴇ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴍꜱ ɴᴏɴᴇ,
ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅᴍᴇɴᴛ,
ʙʏ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴏꜰ ᴏʟᴅ, ʙᴇ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏɴᴇ!
ᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴄʀᴇᴇᴅ ꜰᴜʟꜰɪʟʟ:
ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ʜᴀʀᴍꜱ ɴᴏɴᴇ, ᴅᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ!

-ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏꜰ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡꜱ, (ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀꜱ), [1999]

𝔗𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱
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¹ ᶜᵃⁿ ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵉᵉ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵇᵉⁿᵉᵃᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ˡⁱᵍʰᵗ
² ᵗᵒᵗᵃˡ ˡᵘⁿᵃʳ ᵉᶜˡⁱᵖˢᵉ
³ ʰᵒʷˡ
⁴ ᵛⁱᶜᵒᵈⁱⁿ ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐˢ
⁵ ˢᵖˡⁱᵗᵗⁱⁿᵍ / ᶠˡᵉˢʰ
⁶ ᶜᵒᵛᵉⁿ ᵈᵃⁿᶜᵉ
⁷ ²⁰¹⁷⁻²⁰¹⁹ ᵉᵖʰᵉᵐᵉʳᵃ ᵐᵒⁿᵗᵃᵍᵉ
⁸ ᶠᵘˡˡ ᵐᵒᵒⁿ ⁱⁿᵛᵒᶜᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ