Clark glanced around as he stuck the old leather bound book into his backpack. He couldn't believe his little town library actually had a book on alchemy! He guessed maybe it was supposed to be in the locked rare book case because there was no spine sticker or library card pocket inside. He was home visiting from college and decided to sponge off the free wifi at the library while writing a paper on the history of chemistry. Old Ms Elizabeth was still working there, Clark remembered going to her story times as a kid. He felt a little bad about taking the book instead of turning it in, but he promised himself he'd be extra careful with it.
'I'll just try out a few things and bring it back.' he thought to himself.
Back at his parent's house Clark opened the book and started reading about the history and practice of alchemy. Turning the page he found a list of simple experiments for the student alchemist and tried to decide what to attempt.