Practicing Magic

"Practicing Magic" is the second episode of Butterfly Valley (1969 series).
==Synopsis==
Rose and Petunia are watching a magic show at a funfair, then they went to Butterfly Valley and encounter a legendary wizard named Marvin the Magnificent, who tries to teach them how to use their newly-found magic powers, but he has forgotten how to properly use his magic powers.
==Plot==
At the famous Mountain Pier, Rose and Petunia are watching the famous magician Gene the Graceful's magic show with their parents.
While the magic show takes a long break, the twins decide to visit Butterfly Valley, so Rose picks up the magic flower and it glows, causing them to transport to Butterfly Valley.
Rose and Petunia are standing next to the edge of a steep cliff. The ground cracks and the twins fall over the cliff. They ended up in a wizard's lair and discover everything inside.
they notice a glowing potion on the desk and they drink it. A Butterfly Fairy wizard enters his lair and the twins notice him, so they hide under the desk as the wizard prepares for his latest creation. He checks in the recipe book and it says that he should add two glowing potions, but when he turns around, the potions are missing!
He looks around his lair and found two empty glass bottles on the floor. He soon noticed a trail of glowing potion and follows it. He found out that the twins had finished up the potion.
Rose and Petunia came out from the desk and apologize to him, then Rose asks what's his name and the wizard introduces himself as Marvin the Magnificent. He thought that the twins should have a magic lessons, so he pits them on the first lesson: to shoot beams of light to a target.
Petunia goes first as she successfully shoots the target by flicking her index finger, then Rose goes next. She tries to do the same thing, but she ended up missing it and instead hits some glass bottles, breaking them in the process.
Marvin thought that the twins did a good job, so they move on to the next lesson: to grow some plants and flowers. Petunia uses her magic powers to grow some dandelions and a ladybug sits on one. 
they soon move on to the last lesson: to change an object to a different one. Petunia goes first and she changes an old ragdoll from the wardrobe to a live fairy. Marvin was impressed by this and calls Rose for her turn.
Rose tries to change a pumpkin to a fancy carriage, but she misses and instead transforms Marvin to a frog. Rose apologizes to him and reverts the wizard to his normal self. Rose tries again and successfully shoots a ball of light to the pumpkin, but much to her shock, it instead transforms into a ferocious-looking monster and it begins rampage in Butterfly Valley.
The pumpkin monster indulge on houses as the Butterfly Fairies scurry in fear. The twins and Marvin are after the monster and Marvin tries to change it back to a pumpkin, but he instead transforms a barrel to another monster. Marvin tries again, but he instead transforms a basket of fruits to an army of monsters, including the basket itself.
The monsters invade Butterfly Valley and the pumpkin monster targets the palace, with the royal guard noticing it. He alerts Princess Butterfly that the pumpkin monster is attacking the palace, Princess Butterfly was shocked and orders the royal guards to stop the monster.
The royal guards try to attack the monster, but their crossbows failed to shoot arrows and they instead rely on their swords, but they got defeated by the monster. Rose, Petunia, and Marvin stop by and Marvin shivers in fear. Princess Butterfly went out of the palace and reasoned with Marvin, who stated that he was unable to use his magic powers.
Butterfly soon teaches Marvin how to calm the pumpkin monster down and it worked when he does it, then she teaches him how to turn the monster back to a pumpkin, which he did by crossing his arms. The pumpkin monster has reverted to normal and Marvin thank Princess Butterfly for her guidance, but then they heard the trolls screaming for help, which caused the Butterfly Fairies to scurry in fear, so Marvin, Butterfly, and the twins went to the Troll Kingdom.
The group noticed the monsters attacking the trolls, who pleaded help from them. Marvin calms the monsters down and quickly changes them back to their prior shapes. The trolls are glad that they are saved by the group, but then, Rose and Petunia give the trolls buckets of soapy water and mops to clean their palace as a punishment.
The group fled back to Butterfly Valley and the Butterfly Fairies thank them for stopping the monster invasion, them Marvin decided to return to his lair, so he bids farewell to the butterfly fairies, so do Rose and Petunia, as they return home by using the magic flower.
The magic show returned from a long break as Rose and Petunia returned from Butterfly Valley. They watch Gene the Graceful prepare for his one of the last few magic tricks of the day, them the twins' mother asks them how do they feel about going to Butterfly Valley and Rose replied that she and her sister have a good time in Butterfly Valley.
The audience watch Gene perform what he claims to be a "famous, but dangerous" magic trick, which involves him surviving in a tankful of eel-invested water, before he disappears from it and reappears on ground, which he eventually did so, much to the bewilderment of the audience as the episodes closes.
==Trivia==
*After the opening sequence, a warning card was shown onscreen to warn the viewers to never attempt to do stunts shown in this episode, despite being animated.
*This episode would later be remade as "Magic Lessons," the third episode of the 1998 series.
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