The Witch's Broom

這是我第一篇英文童話故事，歡迎指教

The old witch came out of a cave with a broom at hand. She had rested for a while, more than half a year. She stretched out and looked down on her broom, which was old, broken, and dirty covered with a thick of dusts.

She recalled last year she won the speeding contest with this broom. Then, she rode on it without hesitate, but it wouldn’t move at all. She murmured, “it seems I have forgotten how to fly and the secret of the broom. ” The witch swung the broom to the sky, where the dusts all spread out and became thousands of stars circling in the air. She smiled and checked the broom again, and found it be clean and shined as before. It fitted her bright dress perfectly.

The annual contest was about to begin. She rode on the broom, but it moved slowly and made noised, then suddenly stopped completely. She knew something was wrong, and all she could do was to examine her magic spell book, which recorded all the secret of the broom.

She went back to her cave room, but couldn’t find the book. It disappeared. Who stole it then? She thundered, “Little Flower!” Little Flower was her cat, she might know where the spell book was. “Little Flower, Little Flower, “ the witch called again. Little Flower the cat came back as fast as she could. Last time she was punished as no food for three days. She managed to be closer anytime in case the bad thing might happen once more. “Little Flower, do you know where my magic book is?” the witch questioned. (to be continued.#1)

“Yesterday, I saw mouse the East playing nearby. I wonder he might steal it.”
“Then, tell me where the east is now. I am going to drown him in a cage.”
“He probably stays in the forest behind the garden.”
“OK, Let’s go and get him now.”

The witch and Little Flower the cat passed the edge of garden and met an elephant.
“Elephant, have you seen mouse the East?” asked Little Flower.
Elephant lay down her nose to release wooden logs, which she carried along.
“Yes, he is playing by the river,” said the elephant.
The witch and Little Flower the cat then passed the center of the forest and met a wolf.
“Wolf, have you seen mouse the East?” asked Little Flower.
Wolf put his meat aside, and replied, “yes, he is playing by the river.”

The witch and Little Flower the cat passed the end of the forest and met a rabbit.
“Rabbit, have you seen mouse the East?” asked Little Flower.
The rabbit dropped his basket and eggs
“Yes, he is playing by the river,” said the rabbit.
“But, there was a big thunderstorm last night, the rabbit mentioned.

The witch and Little Flower the cat hurried to the river and saw mouse the East nearly drowning in the river. The water was flood as a result of last night’s rain.

The old witch gave a spell in no time. There, a bird suddenly became an eagle and save mouse the East from the water.(#2)

The old witch asked unhappily, “the unfortunately mouse the east, did you steal my spell book?”
“No, my highness, but I saw some ants sneaking around the cave.”, said the east.

The old witch, the East, and Little Flower hurried back to the cave, and found the spell book stayed in the grass nearby. It seemed there were something underneath. They were ants being pressed by the spell book. The witched picked up the spell book and saved those ants alive.

The king of ants responded, “sorry, Highness the witch, we are deeply sorry to move your spell book. We just try to exercise the spell in order to grow more apples on the tree for everybody. Somehow, the spell book became heavy than ever and pressed all of us.” The old witch said, “OK, you all be punished already, I don’t want to hurt you no more. Go to work, and no lazy for the rest of the day.”

The old witch examined the spell book to resolve why her broom couldn’t fly. Oh, it was she forgot to add gasoline, the broom ran out of it. She then asked the East bring gasoline 98 and applied to the broom. The broom groaned and started to shake and it seemed no way to stop it since then. Of cause, the old witch won the contest again with no exception this year.