A stern old sorcerer announces that he’s leaving his appren ce, Max, alone in the workshop. Max’s delight at the prospect of a free a ernoon soon gives way to dismay at the chores he’s supposed to do. First he must fill the water tank, a job that would take hours... unless he uses a li le of his master’s magic. Max knows he shouldn’t try any spells, but he can’t resist enchan ng a brooms ck to carry the water for him. The sorcerer’s toad, Tabitha, looks on disapprovingly as the brooms ck comes to life and starts filling the tank in record me. Feeling smug, Max decides to take a nap.
He wakes to find water flooding the workshop. What’s worse, he doesn’t know how to stop the brooms ck or reverse the spell. Tabitha helpfully suggests chopping the broom up, but Max is horrified to see the two brooms ck halves coming to life and working twice as fast. In the nick of me, the sorcerer returns and casts a spell to undo the mischief. Max is a wand’s flick away from being turned into a tadpole, un l Tabitha points out that he might make a good sorcerer himself one day. On reflec on, the sorcerer decides to give Max a second chance and he becomes a star pupil.