abroad - Thank you too! I feel OK giving a 9-year-old boy a knitting needle for two reasons:

1. I thought it would be a good way to teach him that in the real world, “magic” doesn’t help you - you need to stick the needle in someone’s neck yourself.

B. I figured that if he did stab anyone in the neck on Halloween, I’m entitled to half of the victim’s candy, since I made the weapon.

It’s a good thing you’d squirelled away a knitting needle, beads, silver string, a toy snake, wire, and unrighteous amounts of superglue.

That’s an awesome wand.