Monday 9 February 2015

Pretty Pink Magic


Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing.

The old words reverberated inside Florrie's head, she clutched the plain paper bag closer to her. Her cheeks burned crimson as she asked for it to be put in a plan paper bag, the sales woman had at first wrapped it so beautifully in pretty flowered paper and then finished it all off with a lovely pink satin bow, but oh the shame if she had bumped into any of her friends while carrying such a parcel and the fuss it would spread around school. It wasn't that she was ashamed of who she was, she was a witch that walked proud of the title but why oh why did all the spells they taught at school have to contain yucky ingredients? Was it really so wrong to yearn for spells that were made of lace and ribbon, flowers and pearls, glitter and sparkles, couldn't magic also be pretty? She set her face in grim determination, if they wouldn't teach her how to do pretty spells, she'd make some up herself. 


Prompt taken from Magpie Tales and apologies to Shakespeare for pinching his words at the beginning. 

3 comments:

  1. I love Macbeth!

    A wonderful, fluid piece of writing from you, Jane. I really want to read more! <3

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  2. I love Macbeth!

    A wonderful, fluid piece of writing from you, Jane. I really want to read more! <3

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  3. Oooh I really like this ! More please!

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