History Literature / TheMagiciansElephant

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A magician, when performing at the Bliffendorf Opera House, intends to conjure a bouquet of lilies and present them to Madam Bettine [=LaVaughn=], when he is struck suddenly with the notion that he has wasted his life. Wanting to perform something spectacular, he mutters the words of a spell that his magic teacher had entrusted to him long ago. This results in his conjuring an elephant, which crashes through the ceiling and into Madam [=LaVaughn's=] lap, crushing her legs and rendering her unable to walk. He tries to undo the magic. But, though he says the spell, as well as the words themselves, in reverse, as the spell requires, nothing happens. For this, the magician is confined to prison.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A magician, when performing at the Bliffendorf Opera House, intends to conjure a bouquet of lilies and present them to Madam Bettine [=LaVaughn=], when he is struck suddenly with the notion that he has wasted his life. Wanting to perform something spectacular, he mutters the words of a spell that his magic reacher had entrusted to him long ago. This results in his conjuring an elephant, which crashes through the ceiling and into Madam [=LaVaughn's=] lap, crushing her legs and rendering her unable to walk. He tries to undo the magic. But, though he says the spell, as well as the words themselves, in reverse, as the spell requires, nothing happens. For this, the magician is confined to prison.

The story follows Peter, a young boy searching for his long lost sister. Guided by a fortune teller's instructions, he seeks out the elephant of a magician, who may be the key to reuniting the siblings.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A magician, when performing at the Bliffendorf Opera House, intends to conjure a bouquet of lilies and present them to Madam Bettine [=LaVaughn=], when he is struck suddenly with the notion that he has wasted his life. Wanting to perform something spectacular, he mutters the words of a spell that his magic reacher had entrusted to him long ago. This results in his conjuring an elephant, which crashes through the ceiling and into Madam [=LaVaugh's=] lap, crushing her legs and rendering her unable to walk. He tries to undo the magic. But, though he says the spell, as well as the words themselves, in reverse, as the spell requires, nothing happens. For this, the magician is confined to prison.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A magician, when performing at the Bliffendorf Opera House, had intended to conjure a bouquet of lilies and present them to Madam Bettine [=LaVaughn=], when he was struck suddenly with the notion that he had wasted his life. Wanting to perform something spectacular, he mutters the words of a spell that his magic reacher had entrusted to him long ago. This results in his conjuring an elephant, which crashes through the ceiling and into Madam [=LaVaugh's=] lap, crushing her legs and rendering her unable to walk. He tries to undo the magic. But, though he says the spell, as well as the words themselves, in reverse, as the spell requires, nothing happens. For this, the magician is confined to prison.

The story follows a young boy searching for his long lost sister. Guided by a fortune teller's instructions, he seeks out the elephant of a magician, who may be the key to reuniting the siblings.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Vilna the soldier and Sister Marie have been scarred by the past war. The former copes by keeping to his military training, while the latter hides from the world in her orphanage.

* {{Determinator}}: Peter's fundamental virtue is that even when set supposedly impossible tasks, he refuses to simply give up.

''The Magician's Elephant'' is a children's novel by Creator/KateDiCamillo, published in 2009. It was adapted in 2023 into ''WesternAnimation/TheMagiciansElephant'', directed by Wendy Rogers and starring the voice of Creator/NoahJupe.