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Wizder winked, smiled and CONCLUSION
answered,
"Many things! You can scare Now the children are smarter.
away your fear…" They have learned to identify their imps.
"Really? How?" They have learned that there’s a price for letting an imp take over. Imps make
"Well, first of all, remember them do things without thinking, get them into trouble and get people angry at
that fear doesn’t like deep them or avoid them which makes them feel sad and lonely. *
calming breaths. They’ve learned that often, when an imp tries to convince them that he is their
Here, try it with me. Breathe friend and only wants what's good for them, he actually causes harm by taking
out all the air from your lungs control over them and controlling their behavior.
as if you were blowing up a For example, when the Imp of Mess and Fooling
balloon. Then, when you're all Around says: "Let's fool around and tell jokes
out of air, let it flow back in instead of listening to the teacher; you won't
naturally and without effort." understand anything anyway", he's in fact the
Jonathan tried this way of one causing you not to understand because you
breathing a few times. He don’t listen.
imagined he was blowing up And most importantly, they have learned to know
a giant red balloon, letting it their own magical powers, and have understood
fly through the window over that they have many powers with which they can
houses and trees until it landed fight their imps.
in Ron's room; he had been sick And each time they forget, Wizder the Observer
in bed for three days. comes along and reminds them to go outside and
Then he imagined he was blowing up a giant soap bubble, which then popped examine nature and the animals so that they may
in the face of Ms. Beasley making her laugh really hard. It made him feel very rediscover the magical powers that hide within
calm and even amused, and before he realized, his Imp of Fear grew smaller their hearts.
and smaller.
* I recommend asking the children for more examples. For instance, what happens when the
imp of anger or the imp of envy take control over them.
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