Teta and King Khufu&Magic in Ancient Egypt

Teta and King Khufu
Teta was the most famous magician in Ancient Egypt in the days when Khufu (King Cheops) was Pharoah.
The King was looking for a particular scroll when one of the palace servants suggested asking Teta. For some reason, King Khufu didn't know of Teta's great fame, so he asked the servant why he should call for Teta.
"Because, oh, King, Teta is the very greatest magician!" replied the servant. "Why, he can even make the dead live again!"
Khufu was intrigued. That was a claim he'd never before heard a magician making. "Have this Teta brought to me!" he ordered.
Before very long, Teta arrived. He looked very ordinary and there was nothing to show that he was a famous magician.
"I hear that you can make the dead live!" the King said.
"The newly dead, yes." Teta repled.
"Will you show me?" Khufu asked.
"Certainly." Teta replied.
"Have a criminal brought before me!" Khufu ordered.
"Oh no!" Teta objected. "I will not kill a living man, not even to bring him back to life. I will not work magic on people. Bring an animal, instead."
"Bring an animal" the King ordered, beginning to lose interest.
A servant came in carrying a duck. Teta turned to one of Khufu's guards. "Strike off the duck's head." he ordered. The guard did as he was told and the duck's head abruptly left its body.
Teta bent down and put the two parts of the duck close together, then he chanted some magic words and made a gesture. The head and the body of the duck joined together, it shook itself and waddled ot of the room, quacking.
"Bring me a goose." Teta asked. There was a slightly longer wait and then a servant came in with a very angry goose, hissing and trying to break away. "Off with its head." Teta ordered. The guard's sword flashed and the goose's head separated from its body. This time, Teta left the two bits of the goose where they lay, he simply stood a bit straighter and chanted. Then he made the same gesture.
The head and the body of the goose drew together across the floor, joined up and one very angry goose hissed at everybody present, before letting the servant take it out of the room.
"Seen enough?" asked Teta. King Khufu nodded. "I've got a job for you ..." he began.
The rest of the story continues in the Westcar papyrus, but it isn't really about any more magic.