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The Wizard and the Hopping Pot is one of the stories in the wizarding fairy tales collection, The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

Plot summary

There once was an old man, who, in his generosity used his pot to brew potions and antidotes, for other people, when they needed his help. However, this old man dies, and leaves all his belongings to his only son, who had none of the qualities his father had. After his father's death, the son finds the pot and a single slipper inside it, together with a note from his father that reads, "In the fond hope, my son, that you will never need this."

Bitter for having nothing left but a pot, the son closes the door on every person that asks for his help. The first one seeking for his aid is an old woman whose granddaughter is plagued with warts. Closing the door on the old woman, the son hears a clacking in the kitchen and see his pot has grown a foot as well as a case of warts. The next one to look for his aid is an old man, whose donkey is hungry and cannot go with him to the market to fetch food for his starving family. The son closes the door on him too, and the pot starts making sounds like a donkey. A few more similar incidents take place, until the son finally gives up and calls all the neighbors to offer them help. One by one, the people's troubles fade away, and the pot starts emptying, until the slipper appears at its bottom. One by one, he cures their ills and in doing so, empties the pot. At the very last, out pops the mysterious slipper - the one that perfectly fits the foot of the now-quiet pot, and together the two walk off into the sunset

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