The wizard Michael Scott wanted to get from Edinburgh to Paris and conjured up his fiery steed, Diabalo. His priest said, "You're crazy. You'll never make it." But Diabalo stamped his foot three times and far across the Channel, the bells rang in Notre Dame.
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Nah, it's not original. Well, not altogether. It was a footnote to Sir Walter Scott's "The Lay or the Last Minstrel."