HTML1DocumentEncodingutf-8First encounters with Xanth are always astonishing for
people from the Mundane world - and the Baldwin family are flabbergasted when a storm sweeps
them into this magical new world. The same storm that threatens to blow all Xanth away as she
sweeps up magic dust and becomes magical...
The demon X(A/N)th has been talked into a dangerous bet by the demons J(U/P)iter,
E(A/R)th, V(E/N)us, and S(A/T)urn. He has to get a creature from his planet to shed a tear for
him. To add a challenge to the bet, X(A/N)th was told he he had to becaume a dragon with the
head of a donkey. He is also only allowed to have one minute of speach, and that he is not
allowed to tell anyone that he is a demon. If he does not complete his task he will lose his planet
and his status. So when he goes to his planet to get his tear he goes to a thimble plant to wait for
someone or something to come by. When a creature comes by he hides behind a boulder and uses
up his one minute of speach to tell the creature he will do anything that it pleasesand will
accompany it for a while. Well after he becomes mute he looks up to find a lady by the name of
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