The Village Wizard
Once upon a time, in a remote village in the valley of Evansdale, there was a poor family of seven. There were the parents, three sons and two daughters. The youngest son, known by the name Nelson was quite unique. Nelson was merely eight years old but he had a fascination for reading, something none of his siblings had.
The family couldn't afford to provide books for him, but that didn't deter him one bit. He used to go room to room in his home to find scraps of newspapers, packaging of goods, and sometimes, even spellings from cereal carton boxes. With an untamed curiosity and zest for knowledge, Nelson created his own world of words and stories.
Word of this incredible young boy reached the oldest man in the village, Mr. Wainwright, who owned the only library. However, children were not allowed there. Moved by Nelson's passion, he decided to break his own rules. He invited Nelson to the library and opened a multitude of books for him to quench his thirst for knowledge. The boy spent hours in the library making sense of the strange world drawn in those books.
One day, Nelson found a book hidden behind other larger volumes. This book was different from the rest. It was beautifully illustrated and had stories about a magical world of wizards and witches. The book was called 'The Book of Seraphim'. He never saw anything like that before, and it intrigued him the most.
As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, Nelson slowly started to pull the secrets of 'The Book of Seraphim'. To his surprise, he discovered that the book was indeed magical. It wasn't filled with mere stories but coded instructions to perform real magic. As Nelson tried some of the simpler spells, he did manage to make things levitate and move around.
News of a boy wizard in the village spread like wildfire. An enchantress from the magical world named Zinnia got to know about this breaking of magical laws and decided to punish him for his adventures with magic in the human world. She confronted Nelson, confiscated his book of spells, and used magic to erase his memory of the book.
When Nelson woke up, he was not able to remember anything about magic. He felt a sense of loss he couldn't explain. Although he couldn't remember the magic, he felt deep down that something significant was missing from his life. His unrelenting spirit decided not to be defeated. Even after losing the magical book, he continued to learn and read other books in Mr. Wainwright's library with the same burning passion.
As years passed by, Nelson's love for books and reading never dwindled. He went to high school, and then to college on a scholarship. Nelson rose above his poor background, graduated as the valedictorian of his class and decided to serve his small village by building a school there. With the help of Mr. Wainwright, Nelson transfigured the old library into the village's first school, where he would teach the village children the magic of words and the stories they tell, ensuring that they get the education they deserve.
And so, in the quaint village of Evansdale, the name of Nelson transformed from a wizard boy to a wizard of education, spreading the real magic of knowledge.