"Every morning,the sorcerer funneled his potion down the monster's fifth ear, and the...

[Alex] "Every morning,
the sorcerer funneled his potion down the monster's fifth ear, and the beast remained unconscious." "The recipe was as old as time." "Dissolved rat's bones,
dry-aged widow orchid, powdered beetle shells." "But the most important ingredient,
however, was bindweed." "Bindweed was the only thing that could hide
the powerful stench of the potion." "Without it, the rancid smell
would rouse the great monster." "But one day, the sorcerer
went to harvest more bindweed, and he discovered that the entire field
had withered and died." "The potion smelled worse than ever." "Putrid, rank, malodorous--" Oh, yes, yes, yes. Understood. It stinks