Jennifer Klocke
The Witches
"Just before we left for Bournemouth, my grandmother had given me, as consolation, a present of two white mice in a little cage and of course I took them with me. They were terrific fun, those mice. I called them William and Mary, and in the hotel I set out right away teaching them to do tricks."
"She came out with a ball of blue knitting-wool. One end of it was attached to some needles and a half-finished sock she had been knitting for me. 'This is perfect,' she said. 'I shall lower you down on to The Grand High Witch's balcony. But we must hurry! Any momet now that monster will be returning to her room!'"
"There was a label on this one. FORMULY 86, it said. DELAYED ACTION MOUSE-MAKER. Then it said, This bottle contains five hundred doses."
"It is starting to vurrk at exactly nine o'clock, vhen the child is arriving at school!' shouted The Grand High Witch triumphantly. 'Child arrives at school. Delayed Action Mouse-Maker immdediately starts to vurrrk. Child starts to shrink. Child is starting to grow fur. Child is starting to grow tail. All is tventy-six seconds. After tventy-six seconds, child is not a child any longer: It is a mouse!'"
