‘There has been an ache in this house since your sister – went,’ said Nain, ‘the ache of emptiness. On special occasions Nain often said peculiar things. ‘The magicians, boy! They lived here, in these mountains, maybe a thousand years ago, and they could do anything they wanted, turn men into eagles and soldiers into dust they could make dreams come true, and so, perhaps could you!’
‘Time to remember your ancestors: Math, Lord of Gwynedd, Gwydion and Gilfaethwy!’ ‘Time to find out if you are a magician, Gwydion Gwyn!’ said Nain. ‘Thank you, Nain!’ said Gwyn, calling his grandmother the name she liked best. Gwyn stared at the objects on the kitchen floor, none of them wrapped in bright birthday paper: a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a twisted metal brooch, and a small, broken horse. ‘Happy Birthday!’ said his grandmother, turning her basket upside down. They were very unusual gifts and if Gwyn had not been the sort of boy he was, he might have been disappointed. Gwyn’s grandmother gave him five gifts for his birthday, his ninth birthday.
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