they had a picture of him at her grave , dry eyed , and they painted him as a monster , which is another reason why they sent him to jail and no one would take him in . of course i do , replied the general . you know who my dad is ? they were n't there on pirate-hunting business , though . i had brought all the brooms to life , but now where was the kindly old magician to say abracadabra backwards and make them go back to sleep ? 