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A boy who cant read is chosen to be an assistant to a wizard. The wizard has a housekeeper called Greta. She cant read either. The wizard leaves to go on long journeys to commit mischief. While the wizard is out, the boy fools around with the spell-book. At first he is careful, but he is caught when the wizard is not quite far enough away. They have a wizard's duel, and the boy learns to read suddenly? The wizard changes forms to a spider, and boy closes the spell-book crushing the wizard spider form. Then the boy promises to teach Greta to read. I think it was produced in the late 70's to very early 80's