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The Glass Dog by Elfrang Baum.

An accomplished wizard once lived on the top floor of a deniment house and passed his time in thoughtful study in studious thought.

What he didn't know about wizardry was hardly worth knowing,

for he possessed all the books and recipes of all the wizards who had lived before him,

and moreover he had invented several wizardments himself.

This admirable person would have been completely happy, but for the numerous interruptions to his studies caused by folk who came to consult him about their troubles,

in which he wasn't interested, and by the loud knocks of the Ice Man, the Milk Man, the Baker's Boy, the Laundry Man, and the Peanut Woman.

He never dealt with any of these people, but they wrapped at his door every day to see him about this or that,

and to try to sell him their wares.

But when he was most deeply interested in his books, or engaged in watching the bubbling of a cauldron, there would come a knock at his door.

And after sending the intruder away, he always found he had lost his train of thought,

or ruined his compound. At length, these interruptions aroused his anger,

and he decided he must have a dog to keep people away from his door.

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