The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Join award-winning storytellers Brooke & Hannah for the enchanting story of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Brooke is about to become an apprentice to a great wizard! Will she be a success or will she cause mischief and mayhem? This an audio story for children.

Transcript

Once upon a time there was a girl who loved magic and she was trying to find a job but she doesn't really like hard work.

Shall we go and see if she's having any luck?

Jobs,

Jobs,

Jobs.

No.

No.

Oh hello.

Sorry I didn't realise it was you Adventure Tellers.

I thought you were somebody just looking over my shoulder looking for a job as well.

Yeah I thought it was about time I went out and got myself a job.

So I've got the paper but there's nothing in here that suits me.

Listen to this.

Stable girl required.

Duties are,

Oh my goodness,

Five o'clock start,

Cleaning out horse poo.

Oh no.

I think I'll give that one a miss.

Sometimes it's really good to think about things that you enjoy when looking for a job but there's nothing here.

I've been through all the pages and there's absolutely nothing here.

Nothing suitable.

What do I enjoy then?

Oh I love magic.

I love magic.

Yes.

Pulling rabbits out of hats.

Wizarding wands.

Yeah deck of cards.

But there isn't any jobs in here for magic.

No.

Just keep looking.

What?

Wow!

There's a job that's just appeared.

It wasn't here before.

I promise you I'm not making it up.

There's a job here.

From Wizard Sugar.

Yes.

From Wizarding World Enterprises.

And he's looking for an apprentice.

Look no further.

I'm your apprentice.

Right.

Okay.

You've got to be,

It says here in the description,

You've got to be really keen.

I am really keen.

Really keen.

Really strong.

We are really strong.

Yeah.

Really super strong.

What else?

Oh.

Can count at least up to ten.

Let's practice.

Okay.

Right here we go.

One,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight,

Nine,

Ten.

Perfect.

Yep.

I can do that.

Oh.

Desirable.

Applicants must like cleaning.

Oh.

It sounds like that stable job.

Mind you,

It doesn't say anything about cleaning poo.

Hmm.

Maybe.

Cleaning means cleaning up the potions.

Yeah.

That'll be what it is.

Cleaning all the magical spells.

Yeah.

Perfect.

Right.

I think I'm going to go for this job.

Oh.

That's really weird.

It says here,

But I've got the job.

I just got to turn up.

Wow.

Magic.

Wow.

A sorcerer's apprentice.

That is a very cool job.

So Brooke packed up all of her things and went to the sorcerer's address.

Oh.

Right.

This must be the place.

Got my luggage.

Got my pants and socks.

Yeah.

I'm going to get through this strange looking garden to get to the castle behind.

Oh.

Smells a bit.

And there's mud on the floor.

And I can hear strange sounds.

Something's crawling up my leg.

Maybe it's a spider.

Come on,

Children.

Let's run.

Run,

Run,

Run,

Run.

All the way through the garden.

When I call it a garden,

It's more like a spooky jungle.

Oh.

Spooky jungle.

Hold on.

This is so exciting.

Spooky spiders.

Yeah.

Spooky rats.

As long as they don't come near me,

It'll be great.

Come on.

Quick.

Keep going.

Keep going.

Keep going.

There we are.

Right at the castle.

Can you knock on the door with me?

Hello.

Oh,

Wow.

The doors just swung open.

Is anybody behind it?

No.

Just a windy set of stairs.

Well,

Come on.

Let's get up there and meet Wizard Sugar.

Right.

Well,

Here we are in the spooky corridor with a big cauldron.

Oh,

Wonder if I could get a cup of tea off that in a minute.

Oh,

Look.

And here comes a ghost going down the stairs.

What's this?

I've got a spider in my bag.

Oh,

This is brilliant.

What's that ghosty?

It's dark,

Is it?

Oh,

Well,

Give us one of your candles.

Thank you.

And I'll start going up the stairs.

What do I do,

Though?

The ghost's in front of me.

Do I go to one side so he can get past or do I just go through you?

I think I'll step around.

So up we go.

Up we go.

Up we go.

Up we up.

Up we go.

Can I tell you a joke?

It reminds me of the ghost you see.

Knock,

Knock.

Who's there?

That's right.

Knock,

Knock.

Who's there?

Boo!

Who say?

Boo hoo!

That's right.

So I didn't mean to make you cry.

Right.

Up we go.

Up we go.

Oh,

There we are.

And we'll go along the next step stairs.

Oh,

Wow.

See the owl?

That's beautiful,

That is.

Owl,

What way do I need to go to see Wizard Sugar?

Oh,

He's just down the corridor,

Is he?

Oh,

Third door on the left.

OK.

Mind you,

Should we have a little snoop first?

Yeah.

Wow.

I wonder what this room is.

Maybe it's the kitchen.

What do you think,

Spider?

Spider's got the cat on now.

Is it?

Oh,

I see some cages.

There's nothing in there,

Though.

What normally is in there?

Oh,

Really?

Birds?

Oh,

Look.

What's that?

Oh,

Oh,

Look.

Oh,

Hello there,

Bird.

Gosh,

I didn't think there'd be quite so many animals in this castle.

Come on,

Bird.

Maybe you can help me and Spider.

Mind the wizard.

Let's go into another room.

Come on,

Everybody.

Wow.

This must be the astronomy room.

Yeah,

That telescope must look up into the stars.

Wow.

And there's the globe of the planet we live on.

Wow.

But still,

No wizard.

Should we all have a look through the telescope?

Let's have a good look.

OK.

Oh,

Hold on.

What's that?

There seems to be something in the way.

Oh,

What was that?

Oh,

Oh,

Oh,

Hello.

Oh,

It's an owl.

Hello,

Owl.

Oh,

Owl is sitting on the end of the telescope.

Oh,

Sweet.

Can you help?

Bird,

Spider and me.

Find the wizard,

Please.

Oh,

You can.

Great.

Is this the room?

This is the potions room where the wizard is.

Oh,

What's that?

Oh,

He has a study,

Does he?

Oh,

Well,

Is it in that door at the back?

The wooden door?

It is.

OK,

Well,

I'll go through.

No.

Why?

Oh,

It's his own study,

Is it?

No one's allowed in there.

He's got a special spells book,

Has he?

OK,

Well,

I'll just wait here.

Spider's on top of my head.

I've got Bird,

Got Candle,

I've got my bag,

I've got you.

I'm ready.

Ready for my apprenticeship.

Can't wait to make potions and spells.

Turn people into frogs.

First person I'm going to turn into a frog is Hannah.

Don't turn me into a frog.

But I think I'd like to be a frog.

And the wizard who is next door in his study has heard Brooke in the potions room.

Oh,

Welcome,

Brooke.

I'll be through in a minute.

I'm just in my study.

No one's allowed in here.

Nobody.

It's far too magically dangerous for an apprentice.

Yes,

I'll be through in a minute.

I'm just finishing off a smell.

Uh,

Smell?

I don't mean a smell.

I mean,

I mean spell.

Spell,

Yes.

Oh,

Dear me.

Oh,

Dear me.

I'm getting old and forgetful and confused.

Oh,

Dear.

Finishing off a smell.

What's she going to think of me?

Oh,

Dear.

Anyway,

Right.

Nobody's allowed in here.

Not even you,

Really,

Aventure Tellers.

But you're allowed in just for the moment.

Just so that you can see the room and then you won't be curious as to what goes on in here.

Right.

OK,

Brooke.

Yes.

I'm almost finishing my smell.

Oh,

I mean my spell.

Just give me a tick.

The wizard,

That's another word for sorcerer,

Is finishing off his spell in the study while Brooke waits in the potion room.

When he is done,

He goes to meet her.

Aha!

There you are,

Brooke.

Lovely to see you.

Oh,

Yeah,

Lovely to see you too.

Great place you've got.

Yes.

Lovely animals,

Great ghosts,

Plenty of space.

Couldn't ask for anything else apart from help.

Well,

I'm here to help.

I cannot wait to start reading your spell book.

No,

I cannot wait to try your magic wand out.

No,

I can't wait to be taught all about the stars in your astronomy room.

Yes.

When we look through the telescope together.

Which means no.

No,

Brooke.

No magic for you.

But I'm an apprentice.

I need to learn all the magical things of the whole magical world.

Yep.

Starting right now.

Starting not now.

The first thing you need to do is collect water from the well.

Water from the well?

That's going to be well boring.

Well,

That's what I've got you here for.

Well,

I'm not very happy about it.

Well,

So what?

Well,

What do you mean so what?

Well,

Well,

Well,

Well,

Well,

Well,

Well,

Well,

Get on with it.

Collect water from a well.

That sounds so boring.

Look at this bucket.

It's tiny.

The only good thing about it is there isn't a hole in your bucket.

So you can't even do those silly jokes on me.

There are holes in your bucket,

Brooke.

No,

There isn't.

It would be so much better.

It would be well better if that wizard just gave me his wand.

And he gave me a spell book and I could turn.

Well,

Yeah,

I could turn Hannah into a frog.

Ribbit,

Ribbit,

Hannah a frog,

Hannah a frog.

Yeah.

Yeah,

And I could I could wave that wand and give myself loads of money.

But instead,

I've got to fill this bucket with water to mop the floor.

What am I going to mop it with?

What's this in the corner of the room?

Let's have a look.

Oh,

Is that a magic broomstick?

I don't know what this is.

Pretty hopeless.

It's not a very good mop.

Anyway,

I'll have to do.

Better get started.

I wonder though what my notice conditions would be.

I haven't seen a contract.

How's the mopping going,

Brooke?

Great.

Do I get any breaks?

No,

No breaks yet.

You've only just started.

Oh,

Is that the phone ringing?

Yes.

Can you go get it?

Gladly.

Anything's better than mopping floors.

Hello.

Oh,

Hello,

Your Royal Highness.

What are you bowing for?

Well,

You know,

It's not in the room here.

Oh,

Sorry.

Of course.

It's the King.

He's had an emergency.

Oh,

Has he?

And only you can sort it out.

Something about a prince that's been turned into a frog.

Oh,

Yes.

Terrible business that is.

Tell him I'll be five minutes.

He'll be there in five minutes.

Oh,

He says,

Do you need the dragon landing spot available for you,

Wizard Sugar?

Oh,

Yes.

I'll be taking dragon helicopter with me.

Yes,

Of course.

Right.

See you soon.

He'll be there any minute.

OK.

All right,

Then.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye then.

Bye,

Wizard.

Bye.

The wizard leaves to go and help the King.

He has left Brooke in charge.

Oh,

Dear.

I think she's wanting to make a potion.

Right.

So with the wizard gone,

I can make a potion.

Now,

We see along the potion shelf.

Let me read a few.

Let me read a few of these jars.

OK.

A for ants.

Oh,

Loads of ants in there.

B for bogeys.

C for caterpillars.

D for all dandy lines.

That's not too bad.

E for earwigs.

F for fangs.

Vampire fangs.

A,

B,

C,

D,

E,

F,

G.

G for gunk.

Sly me gunk.

H for.

.

.

Oh,

Heather.

OK,

Then.

Hope she's all right about being in there.

No,

I mean the plant,

Heather.

I for ink.

Octopus ink.

J for jam.

Oh,

I think he's got mixed up.

I think he's put his strawberry jam along the potions room,

Which means something else will be in the kitchen.

Hope of a realm when he tries to spread that on his toast.

K for kangaroo poo.

That jar's not jumping at all.

L for lichese.

I quite like lichese.

K for mouse.

Oh,

There's a little mouse in there.

N for nose.

What's in there?

In the nut jar.

Oh,

Nukes.

Pickled nukes by the looks of things.

O for.

.

.

What's that?

Oh,

There's the octopus.

There's an octopus in that jar.

Maybe the ink.

The I and the O should have been together.

Anyway,

Octopus.

So children.

A,

B,

C,

D,

E,

F,

G.

H,

I,

J,

K,

L,

M,

N,

O,

P.

P for.

.

.

P for pickles.

Yeah,

Honestly,

Pickles.

The only time they taste nice will be in a potion.

What's the point of pickles?

Oh,

It's a pickled pixie.

Q for hat jar.

Let me have a listen.

Oh,

There's a quarrel in there.

Anyway,

So J,

K,

L,

M,

N,

O,

P,

Q,

R.

What's that jar?

A rose hip.

J,

J,

K,

L,

M,

N,

O,

P,

Q,

R.

S for snails.

T for.

.

.

There's toes.

U for.

.

.

Oh,

Doesn't seem to be anything for you.

Oh,

Unicorn hair.

Wow.

N,

S,

T,

U,

W,

X,

Y.

Oh,

I can't remember.

A,

B,

C,

D,

E,

F,

G.

H,

I,

J,

K,

L,

M,

N,

O,

P.

Q,

R,

S,

T,

U,

V.

V,

What could that be?

Oh,

Venus.

Venus dust from the planet.

W for water.

Oh,

A water potion.

X.

I can't see anything for X.

Oh,

Yeah.

Lots of kisses.

Lots of kisses in that one.

In that jar.

Y for yak.

Yak horns.

And then Z.

Z for zebra hooves.

Wow.

What a shelf.

I wonder though,

If I was to make a potion.

Yeah,

I could turn Hannah into a frog.

Hannah.

Hannah.

Hannah.

Hannah.

I've got a cup of tea for you.

Here.

Now,

Jordan.

I'll put some of the newts in.

I'll put some of the snails in.

Hannah.

I'll put some of the toads in.

Yeah.

Hannah.

Hannah.

I've got a cup of tea coming your way.

A cup of tea?

Only?

Oh,

That's so kind.

Where is it though?

I don't seem to have it.

What do you mean you can't find your tea,

Hannah?

It's there.

Here,

Look.

Here's another one.

It's the same potion.

Just a fancy cup.

You'll think it's really,

Really posh tea.

Here you are,

Hannah.

Knock yourself out.

Oh,

I found it.

Don't worry,

I'll have this one.

It's okay.

Oh,

Lovely.

Are you sure it's tea?

Looks a bit of a funny colour.

But you made it specially for me.

Okay.

Here I go.

Children,

I think something's happened to me.

Um.

Brrrr.

She's turned me into a frog,

Hasn't she?

Brrrr.

Hi everybody.

I've snuck into the wizard's study and I've got his spell book.

Ha ha.

Great.

Now,

What spell would really,

Really help me?

Ah.

I don't like cleaning.

I don't like mopping and I certainly do not like going to the well to collect water.

If I could combine those three things and give it to somebody else to do,

That would be great.

Oh.

Mop magic.

Okay.

Right.

Hold the wand and face it at the object that you want to come to life.

Well,

Suggestion being would be the mop.

Okay.

The mop's in the corner of the room there.

Point the wand at the mop and repeat the words mop it,

Hop it,

Up.

Mop it,

Hop it,

Wake up.

Okay.

Wake up,

Hop it,

Mop it,

Bop it.

Mop.

That's it.

Mop.

Hop it.

Up.

Hop it up,

Wake up,

Mop.

Oh.

Wow.

The mop has sprung to life and it's going down to the well.

Wow.

Look at this spell everybody.

Ha ha ha.

Our mop has come to life and it keeps going up and down the steps and filling up the potions cauldron.

Yeah.

I don't think we need any more than what you've got there.

Well done.

Well done.

Oh no.

He's going back down to the well.

And he's picked up another bucket.

Oh no.

What am I going to do?

Hannah,

Can you help me?

Oh,

I forgot.

You can't.

You're a frog.

His study and the potions room and the astrology room is flooded.

Oh no.

What have I done?

Oh no.

Oh,

This is really bad.

I think I might have lost my job.

Hannah's a frog.

I've lost my job because I've flooded the place.

I can't,

I can't get the wand to work because it's all wet.

Really?

It's the wizard's fault.

He shouldn't leave spell books and wands lying about the place.

It was me,

Wasn't it?

It was all my fault.

Sorry Hannah.

I could try and change you back.

No.

Don't you come near me with that wand.

No.

Well,

Just make it worse.

Because I could end up turning you into something else.

Yeah,

That's true.

Oh no.

I can see the wizard.

He's flying through the sky.

He must have helped the king.

Right.

I'm going to hide.

Let's blame it on Hannah.

Yeah,

Let's blame it on Hannah because Hannah can't talk because she's a frog.

Yeah,

She's a frog.

I'm going to hide underneath the spell table.

Almost back,

Trusted dragon.

Oh,

So good to help the king.

I really hope he likes me one day soon.

Yeah,

Right.

Here we go.

Through the open window and into the swimming pool.

Since when have I had a swimming pool?

What's happened here?

Oh,

Look at Hannah.

She's been turned into a frog.

Ribbit,

Ribbit.

Help me wizard.

Ribbit,

Ribbit.

I don't like being a frog.

Uh oh.

Brooke's been messing about with my spell book.

I knew I should never have left her on her own.

And I shouldn't have left my wand unattended.

Where is she children?

What's that?

She's underneath the table.

Right.

Well,

I'll sort Hannah out first.

Hannah,

All you have to do is turn around five times and touch your nose.

That should do it.

And as for Brooke,

Where is she?

She's under the table,

Is she?

Right.

Let's go get her.

Oh children,

The wizard has changed me back.

I did not like being a frog.

Not at all.

And after doing that and flooding the place,

Brooke lost her job.

Well,

She could hardly have kept it,

Could she?

And be trusted.

And um,

Actually I don't know where she's gone now that she's lost her job.

Oh look,

Oh look,

She's just gone into the garden down there,

Yes.

Brooke!

Brooke,

What's wrong?

Why have you got a newspaper in front of your face?

Put it down,

Me and the children just want to check how you're doing.

You've been tattooed into a frog.

The wizard tattooed you into a frog.

I mean that's not funny at all,

No.

Well children,

That's the end of our story of the sorcerer's apprentice.

We'll see you next time.

Bye!

Reviews

I LOVE your meditations😁🐸
Also I have a secret message for brook only: turn around 5 times and touch your nose then you won't be a frog anymore.
(Just a helpful tip)