“It takes more than good handwriting to become a Learned Magician,” scoffed Sir Griffin, highly irritated.

“Of course it does,” the girl replied with scorn, “but if a word is spelled wrong or badly, that destroys a spell. The basis of good spellcraft begins in writing. After all, the word spell means the arrangement of letters.”

Like most who had tried to debate with Poppy Parker, Sir Griffin found himself at a dead end.”