The Cook-up

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Lastly, George goes to the place where some animal medicines are put. He finds five big bottles of medicines there: for chicken, horses, cows, sheep and pigs. George puts all into the pot. When he sees the mixture, it is as thick as cream. In addition, as he stirs and stirs, many wonderful colors rise up form the depths and blends together, pinks, blues, green, yellows and browns. George goes on stirring until it is all well mixed, but even so there are still hundreds of medicines lying on the bottom that has not melted. So, he decides to boil it all. On the way to the kitchen, he notices engine oil, antifreeze and grease, so he puts them into the pot. Then back to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, George puts the heavy stewing pot on the stove and turns up the gas flame underneath it as high as it will go. He finds a long wooden spoon in a kitchen drawer and begins stirring hard. The stuff in the pot gets hotter and hotter. The smell is unlike any he has smelled before. It is a brutal and bewitching smell, spicy and staggering, fierce and frenzied, full of wizardly and magic. George dances around the steaming pot, chanting strange words that come into his head out of nowhere.