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The Magic Bon Bons
"The Magic Bon Bons" is a short story by L. Frank Baum, one of his American Fairy Tales first published in 1901.
Summary
A Boston woman named Claribel Sudds consults Dr. Daws, a wise old chemist who dabbles in magic. Claribel wants to go on the stage, but has no talent. For a hefty fee, Daws prepares a small selection of magic candies that will endow the eater with specific talents:
a lavender confection, which enables light and graceful dancing
a pink one, for singing "like a nightingale"
a white one, for supreme elocution
a chocolate one, for virtuoso performance at the piano
and a lemon-yellow one, for high kicking.
Claribel takes possession of her treasure in a little box — but foolishly forgets it on the counter of a dry goods store. The box is inadvertently swept up among other purchases, by a twelve-year-old girl named Bessie Bostwick.
Reaching home, Bessie finds the box, eats the chocolate candy, and places the others in a serving dish on the hall table. Soon, she gets a strong urge to play the piano. She only knows two pieces; at the keyboard, though, she suddenly launches into a superb performance of Beethoven's seventh piano sonata. She plays on and on, in a rapture.
Her mother hears the music, and nearly faints when she realizes that Bessie is the player. Mr. Bostwick arrives home with two dinner guests, a Yale professor and a senator. Mrs. Bostwick meets them in the hall; and as they listen to the music, they each take a bon bon and eat it — except for the senator, who places the lavender candy in his vest pocket.
The dinner that follows is an exercise in chaos. Mr. Bostwick breaks out singing "in a shrill, tremolo soprano voice." His wife recites poetry, and the professor kicks his soup dish to the ceiling. As Bessie plays the overture to The Flying Dutchman, her father sings "O Promise Me" and her mother delivers "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck."
The senator retreats from this scene of madness. He is scheduled to make a major speech at Faneuil Hall the next day, but is so upset by the dinner at the Bostwicks' that he has trouble preparing. As he sits on the stage the following afternoon, he finds the candy in his pocket, and eats it to soothe his throat. He rises to speak — but instead he dances like a ballerina.
Claribel Sudds is in the audience, and leaps up to accuse the senator of stealing her bon bons. She is rushed out by the ushers; the senator's friends similarly escort him into seclusion, though he dances all the way.
It takes months for the senator to recover his reputation and his dignity. The Bostwick family and the professor return to normalcy more quickly. Meanwhile, Claribel launches a successful stage career; it seems safe to assume that she has acquired a new supply of magic bon bons.
Claribel Sudds is a girl who has no talent but still wants to go upon the stage. One day she goes to Dr. Daws a person who knows sorcery for help. Dr. Daws gives Claribel Sudds 5 magic bonbons. Each of different flavor and each with different talent. Lavender bonbon gives the ability to dance gracefully, Pink bonbon gives you the ability to sing like a nightingale, White bonbon gives the ability for supreme elocution, Chocolate bonbon gives you the ability to play the piano gracefully, Lemon-Yellow gives the ability to kick high. Unfortunately Claribel forgets the packet of bonbons in a shop from where a girl named Bessie Bostwick takes the bonbons home as she thinks they are ordinary candies. After going home she eats the Chocolate bonbon as it is her favorite flavor. Suddenly she wishes to play the piano and she does. She plays the piano gracefully. Her mother hears this and comes down, she delighted by her little one. She says that Bessie is an Infant Prodigy to Mr. Bostwick. Later Mr. Bostwick who was very hungry ate the Pink bonbon which made him a wonderful singer, he then offers the bonbons to his guests The Senator and The Professor. The professor took the Lemon-Yellow bonbon which made him kick the plates the maid had brought while Mr. Bostwick started singing 'The Last Rose Of Summer'. The senator took the Lavender bonbon, but did not eat it instead he kept it in his pocket. Mrs. Bostwick who was listening to her daughter ate the last bonbon which was the White bonbon. The Senator looked towards Mrs. Bostwick in horror. She bowed the senator and started reciting 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade'. The Senator left the house as he thought even he will turn mad if he stayed a moment longer. The next day the Senator had a speech to tell. He was very nervous so he ate the Lavender bonbon kept in his pocket before starting the speech. As soon as the Senator got up he started Ballet Dancing. The crowd stared in horror. 'Another good man had gone wrong' said a man. Claribel Sudds who was there knew it was the Magic Of Bonbons. He is the one who stole my bonbons. Seize him! shouted Claribel. The guards took her out otherwise god knows what would have happened. It took months for the senator to recover his reputation and his dignity. The Bostwick family and the professor return to normalcy more quickly. Meanwhile, Claribel launches a successful stage career; it seems safe to assume that she has acquired a new supply of magic bonbons.
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