28- Asterix and the Magic Carpet

28- Asterix and the Magic Carpet | PDF | 17,9 Mb Asterix and the Magic Carpet is the twenty-eighth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by Ren? Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first published in 1987. It is the fourth book to be published after the death of Ren? Goscinny and is thus both written and drawn by Albert Uderzo alone. In the opening scenes, the Gaulish village inhabited by Asterix and his friends has been newly rebuilt by the Romans (it had been burned down in Asterix and Son). Though Chief Vitalstatistix is trying to give a speech, he is interrupted by the bard Cacofonix, who is testing the acoustics of his new hut. This causes it to rain; a pivotal point in this comic. A small, dark-skinned man suddenly falls from the sky and introduces himself as Watziznehm the fakir, who had been brought off of his flying carpet by Cacofonix' downpour. The carpet itself lands near the huts of Vitalstatistix and Geriatrix, causing there to be an argument between their wives as to whom the carpet belongs to. Watziznehm soon settles the argument by terrifying the two ladies with a short flight. Watziznehm explains that he is searching for a way to make it rain in his country (a country in India in the valley of the River Ganges). He reveals that if it doesn't rain in 1001 hours (a reference to The Book of One Thousand and One Nights), Princess Orinjade, daughter of Rajah Wotzit, will be executed as a sacrifice to the gods. This prophesy is actually part of an evil scheme by Grand Vizier Hoodunnit, who plans on taking the Rajah's throne once he had disposed of the only heiress. Vitalstatistix agrees to send the rain-making Cacofonix to India, accompanied by Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix. Rapidshare (17,9 Mb) Quote:http://rapidshare.com/files/153097825/28-_Asterix_and_the_Magic_Carpet_www.softarchive.net.rar