Well of Potentjoules
At the magic Well of Potentjoules a donkey was stationed for anyone trying to reach the top, where there was promised the power to become Anything.
For many years, innumerable beings made the attempt, but no one completed the climb, until the well wore out, and became undone.
But the donkey fell short of falling. Maybe he’d earned part of the prize for going up and down so many times. Maybe the power had been within the steps themselves. He found he could become anything. Well,—
—half-anything…
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