Madam Mim & Merlin

A sorceress duel between Madam Mim and Merlin is about to take place. Madam Mim says, "First rule is no vegetables... no minerals. Second rule is no animals that don't exist... like dragons. Third rule, it is prohibited to become invisible." Merlin responds with "Third rule it is not to cheat." Of course Madam Mim cheats right away by becoming invisible and then turning into a crocodile. Merlin strikes back by turning into a turtle, which saves his life because the crocodile misses catching the tiny body of a turtle with its mouth. However, once the turtle is on the ground, it is too slow to run away from a two legged walking crocodile.

The following scenes are "cliches" of the ways we think of animals, as well as it talks about animals eating other animals. My favorite is when Madam Mim as an elephant is scared of the Merlin as a mouse. I wonder how we came about thinking elephants are scared of mice? The best part is that the sorceress dual ends with Merlin becoming chickenpox (the tiniest of animals) and makes Madam Mim's body sick.