Zounds the vulture has broken his usual silence to announce, "Trouble is coming!" and Wizard and his dog Wart are braced for the worst. With a big book of magic spells and a lot of sandwiches, they think they're ready for anything. But when Trouble finally arrives, even the unflappable Wizard and the ever-worried Wart are surprised!

Paul Meisel's comic watercolors are the ideal match for Janice Lee Smith's third zany story of magical mayhem.

Wizard and his dog, Wart, are worried. Zounds the vulture tell them, "Trouble is coming!" and they can't imagine what it could be. But with Wizard's big book of spells, and lots of sandwiches for Wart, they're ready for anything-or so they think….