Synopsis

Old Man Hemlock, tending his meager garden, found himself unexpectedly face-to-face with Gourdy the Genie. The encounter was less a greeting and more an explosion; petals flew, vegetables levitated, and the carefully cultivated rows were soon a chaotic jumble. Despite the considerable disruption, the villagers, after a moment of bewildered dismay, decided to extend Gourdy a welcome. He was permitted to remain in the village, a decision born perhaps of weary resignation, or maybe a flicker of amu