It’s way past time for a new Fairy Tale and, since we’re approaching Halloween it’s the perfect time. So, on Monday, we’ll begin a scary new tale by Maud Earnshaw, illustrated by Beatrice Wilberforce:
The Wicked Witch’s Plan To Get Rid Of Everyone
Ooh, I’ve got shivers 😮
And, just to get you in the mood, here’s a poem (read it aloud, slowly) 🙂 :
“T-wit T-woo,” go the owls,
Sc-ratch and dangle, the spiders.
The witch is thinking, she frowns, she scowls,
New brooms fly by with riders.
***
A flickering light, the rising of smoke,
From the clearing, through the trees,
Gives away the location of quivering folk
Around the fire, on their knees.
***
In a fairy tale world with fairy tale rules
The wicked have much to fear.
They’ve been unkind, selfish, heartless fools,
Which won’t be tolerated here.
***
Fairy tales, creepy tales, mystical magic tales,
Castles and fairies and witches and ghosts.
Suspend disbelief for these ‘anything can happen’ tales,
Where innocents get rescued and evil gets smote.
See you Monday 😉
What? You don’t want to wait ’til Monday? Well, I wasn’t going to tell you this but …. ok, The Wicked Witch’s Plan To Get Rid Of Everyone was originally published with sinister black and white illustrations by the author and with the title The Wicked Wicked Witch and the Ruinous Manipulation – funnily enough it’s the story referred to in the video I showed you yesterday. Anyway, if you like it dark and sinister and don’t want to wait for Beatrice’s colourful version, you can read the story now at Maud’s place: https://thewickedwickedwitchandtheruinousmanipulation.wordpress.com/
Have fun! 😮
I’ve got chills too! 😀 I love fairy tales 😀 The world needs more good ones, so that the film makers have something to do. We do not need any more Cinderella films. More wicked witches – that what we need.
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Yeah!!! I like the way you’re thinking 😀
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🙂 Beautiful!
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Thank you 🙂
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That is good to hear 😀
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Thank you 🙂
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That’s wonderful 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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I love your illustrations 😀 Glad there will be more fairy tales! Those are the best sorts of tales, in my opinion 😀
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Thank you so much, I hope you’ll like it 😀
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That is music to our minds 😀 We love a good fairy tale!
and we love this poem too. We are all very excited about Halloween!! 😀
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I’m so glad, thank you 😀 I hope you like all it 😀
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Awesome!! I love a good fairy tale! Especially one with a wicked witch! I love the wicked witches in the Wizard of Oz – they are so scary and evil, perfect bad guys. And a plan to get rid of everyone! What more could an evil villain want? Ultimate world domination.
Cool name too – Beatrice Wilberforce 🙂 I wonder if it’s her real name or if it’s a pseudonym. Some people are just born lucky, and then others have great imagination. I have quite an ordinary name, and if I was going to be a writer or a painter or a rock star, I would change it to something cool like Anastasia Peanut Butter Tolstoy. But is that going too far? People probably wouldn’t say things like: I wonder if that’s her real name…
But a new fairy tale! That is awesome news. 😀
I think I’ll wait and read the less dark and sinister one first, cos that way I will lower myself in gently. 😉
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Thank you for your brilliantly long comment Anastasia Peanut Butter Tolstoy – I love it! You’re right, it is such fun making up new names, I do it all the time – how boring it would be to only use the same name for everything 😀 I’m so glad you’re looking forward to the new fairy tale – it will be here momentarily 😀
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😀
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Wow so beautifully written so much in sync with the halloween and lovely pics.
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Thank you so much 🙂
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You’re always welcome. Have a nice day.
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You too 😀
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Very Exciting! I love the illustrations!! 😀
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Thank you 🙂
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Looking forward to it! 🙂
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🙂
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Wow!!! Another new fairy tale! 😀 I love this poem too! 😀 And the pretty pictures! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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I really can’t wait! Ooooooh😱
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He he he 😀
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