the magic shop by hg wells summary
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Answer: The magic shop was written by H.G Wells and it was first published in the year 1903.
It is a wonderful story about a father and a son, who , one day, while walking down the road, came across the Magic Shop. The father had seen the shop several times, but for certain reasons unknown, he never visited it. This time, his son, Gip pulled his father by his finger and insisted on going in.
Little did know, what adventurous journey awaited them. They saw a lot of beautiful craft-works like the magic balls, the magic hens, a papier-mache tiger, and so on. Gip was delighted upon being in the magic shop and explained his father how he has read all about the Magic Cone which makes anything under it disappear.
Suddenly, from behind the counter, appeared a strange looking man, a man with one ear bigger than the other and a weird looking boot. The father-son duo was astonished on seeing the shopkeeper, who then went on to show Gip a lot of magic tricks. The shopkeeper made a comment that Gip was the right sort of person to enter the shop, at the exact same moment when another young boy outside the door wanted to enter, but the door was locked.
The shopkeeper also gifted Gip with a lot of items, including numerous toy soldiers in a box, which had Gip's full name and address written upon it. The father was puzzled upon this.
The shopkeeper and Gip complemented each other and enjoyed each other's company. Gip stood up in a stool and the shopkeeper was beside him, with a big drum in his hand. Gip screamed to his father, 'Hide and seek, dadda!' and the shopkeeper put a drum over Gip's head. The father was furious at his and ordered the shopkeeper to remove the drum at once. When the shopkeeper removed the drum, Gip was missing. He was nowhere to be seen.
The father had enough and tried to grip the shopkeeper with his hand, but he escaped. Chasing him led the father into a place of utter darkness!
Suddenly, the father found himself bump into a decent-looking man, and with him, was young Gip with four parcels in his arm.
The father was astonished and looked around, but then, there was NO magic shop anywhere to be found!