Mildred and Maud want to use the Magic Mirror to speak to their parents, but there's a queue. Esmerelda Hallow comes out, having spent ages talking to her mother, and Ethel goes in, only to find that their mother doesn't have time to talk to her. The next morning, Mildred wakes up to find that instead of making her wise as in smart, It's made her wise as in old. Maud goes to the library to find a way to turn Mildred back, but Esmerelda tells her that a wisdom spell can't be undone, you have to wait for it to wear off.