A greedy king who wants to hoard magic for himself hires a fraudulent 'wizard' to teach him spells, and a washerwoman named Babbitty who quietly does real magic gets pulled into the scheme. When the king demands a public miracle neither of them can deliver, the fraud unravels in front of the whole court.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Beedle the Bard
- contained in The Harry Potter Collectionomnibus
- contained in The Tales of Beedle the Bardcollection