“I doubt that will ever happen,” Jafar whispered back to her, but he failed to see the blush on her face.
“You were magnificent, O father!” Selima called to him. “Now you can add Wizard of the Silver Horse to your list of titles.”
Verethran the monkey clapped enthusiastically, and Umar added, “Quite an impressive spectacle, I must say.”
Exhilarated from his flight, Jafar removed the magical key from the horse’s neck, turning it back into its original form of a silver statue. Dismounting, he walked back to his friends. “That was exciting,” he said, not bothering to conceal his enthusiasm. “It seems we’ve added a new weapon to our arsenal.”
“But speaking of weapons,” Prince Ahmad said soberly, “though this horse is indeed a marvel, we have yet to discover the enchanted sword you said we’
