The Fuller's Apprentice

All Josiah wants is a little excitement. His work as an apprentice fuller is boring, and playing in the mill's machinery isn't that dangerous. Everything goes fine-at first.

All right, he's lucky the wizard Elkan and his familiar, a donkey named Sar, are there to save his life. Even better, when his furious master fires him, Elkan offers him a job as his assistant. Josiah jumps at the chance. Traveling around Tevenar for a year, meeting all sorts of interesting people, helping the dedicated...