 He uses a magic spell on the hat to make Kasperl appear, but instead gets the real Seppel.Since Seppel was cleaning one of Hotzenplotz boots in his hand, Zwackelmann uses it to summon Hotzenplotz and begins berating him for burning Kasperl's hat, which renders him unable to get him back.When heated words are exchanged between them, Zwackelmann transforms Hotzenplotz into a bullfinch and puts him into a cage before leaving the castle to search for Kasperl.