He ticked the situation off on his fingers. "Archie, you've been kicked in the teeth by at least three of the four different types of elementals — earth, fire, and water. Maybe there was a sylph of the air in on it, too, but I can't prove it. First the gnomes came and cleaned out everything you had that came out of the ground, except cold iron. A salamander followed them and set fire to the place, burning everything that was burnable, and scorching and smoke-damaging the rest. Then the undine turned the place into a damned swamp, ruining anything that wouldn't burn, like cement and lime. You're insured?"
(...)
"Don't get your wind up too fast," he reassured me. "What magic can do, magic can undo. What we need is the best wizard in town."
Magic, Inc. by Robert Anson Heinlein
No conto Magic, Inc. de Heinlein , o dono de uma loja destruiu sua loja. Seu amigo percebe que é o trabalho de criaturas mágicas (magia é apenas outra profissão neste mundo) e aconselha-o como ter o dano desfeito.
Este é o começo de uma aventura em que o submundo está tentando obter o monopólio do uso da magia.
É mais comumente encontrado em um livro que contém essa história e Waldo .