"It's a candy cottage," Lucy said
as they tramped through the bush,
sucking their boots from the mud
and crushing the skunk cabbages.
Dragonflies buzzed around their heads.
They climbed over fallen tree trunks
And slipped on the rotten leaves.
A raven cawed in the distance.
"No, it's just an old deserted shack,
said Andrew. "And there are no witches."
But their parents had warned them about it
so they had to check it out.
And there it was. No sign of anyone,
just a big iron cauldron over a fire.
Claws and talons poked out of the putrid stew,
the broth, the lumpy porridge.
It kept changing and seemed like all those things.
Then the heavy door creaked open.
The witch came out, looking like witches do,
dragging the heavy robes and waving her rusty spoon.
'What's in the cauldron?" Lucy whispered.
"Eye of newt by Mr. Shakespeare," the crone cackled.
"You'd better leave or you'll be next.
I need some tasty children for this brew."
"Let's not stick around," said Andrew.
"Better luck next time," said the witch.
She howled with laughter and waved her spoon.
They didn't stop running til the edge of the wood.
Author notes
The Shakespeare reference is taken from MacBeth.
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I enjoyed this very much.
'A raven cawed in the distance.'
' The lumpy porridge.'
'dragging the heavy robes.'
All expert touches.
Skunk cabbages are mentioned by
H.P.Lovecraft in, I think, The colour out of space.
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i mentioned earlier to someone i forget who, when i was a kid - i must have only been vey young - i saw this woman dressed as a witch, i guess it was halloween time, but i remember freezing on the spot and watching her walk towards me, then just before she reached me i unfroze and legged it
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They are scary but I'm told that, when I was really little, I was scared of Santa and cried.
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Very cool. Thanks so much for your entry.
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Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble here indeed! This will be a great addition to our Halloween party and I am sure that the kids will all go, "Ewwwwwwwww". Thanks for the lively story telling.
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