[SMC Magazine ‘নোঙর’] Which witch is the real witch! – Pareeza Nawar

One day, Tony and I were going to the park.

As we were there, we saw a………WAND! A magic wand! A magic wand was lying on the ground. I asked Tony If he knew about the wand but Tony said “No Linda I don’t!”I felt a little scared but then I told him “we’ll find out more about this wand,” I picked up the wand and we took it home. After we told our mum about it she said not to use it because it may be dangerous. Our mom took the wand and told me to look into the Internet and find out more about this wand but before I used the computer my mom said ”Don’t wave the wand Linda, ” After she told me that I started the computer and began my work.

Before long I found that this wand was a magic wand. I told mom and Tony about it. Mom and Tony both said ”WOW! A magic wand! ” At night time, Tony and I had a plan.  We sneaked out of the house and went to a forest where we could look for the owner of this wand. It took us ten minutes to get lost. We weren’t completely lost because Tony had brought our food and sleeping bags and also a packet of bread crumbs so that we can drop them on the ground and follow them home but unfortunately the birds ate them all! So we were completely lost! I was scared but Tony said ”Calm down Linda, we’re gonna be fine” and I said ”But Tony it’s so dark! How on earth are we going home?”Tony said ”We’ll be fine Linda, trust me and we’ll find a way to give this wand to its owner and go home! ” I liked the sound of that! So without wasting any time we started looking for the owner. But before long we looked at the sky and saw…… someone on a broom!

Tony said that I should take out my flashlight and shine it on the sky. So I did what he said and shined my flashlight on the sky and saw….. Three witches! Three witches were flying on the sky and saying”Oh my! Oh my! Where’s my wand? Oh my” Linda and her brother looked amazed. Three witches landed on the ground looking at Tony and Linda.

Linda said ”This is it Tony! ”, Linda exclaimed.
”We found the owner of this wand! ”
Tony said “I know Linda but which one because none of them have wands!”
One of the witches cackled ”I don’t know which witch is a real witch! ”
Tony said “what do you mean by you don’t know which witch is a witch? ”
The witch whispered into Tony’s ear and said” All of them may look like witches but they may be just wearing costumes!”
Tony exclaimed ”I know just how to solve this problem! ”
The witch cackled “What are you going to do? ”
Tony said “I’m going to give them a witch test!”
The witch cackled ‘‘What’s a witch test?”

Tony said “a witch test is…a test to see if a witch can act like a witch, talk like a witch, walk like a witch and last but not least control and wave a wand like a witch! “.

The witch said “you are a smart little boy alright!”. After Linda give Tony her wand. The witch said “thank you, so let’s start the test!”
Tony and Linda both exclaimed “Yeah!”After some time the ‘witch test’ began and Tony and Linda were the judges.

Five minutes later Tony began the first obstacle. The witches have to walk sideway like a witch.
The second obstacle is…..broom riding! Broom riding is harder than witch walking because walking might be easy but riding a magic broom is not that easy because…it’s like a horse, as the broom jumps everywhere!
After the second obstacle had finished, the witches started the third and the hardest obstacle and that is to control a magic wand. Controlling the wand is the most important one because if you’re about to get attacked you can use the magic wand to get out of trouble.

First Tony and Linda have to announce the loser   of   this   year 2014 is……  Marian. Marian lost   because   she didn’t do well in any of the obstacle and the worst part is she cheated by using magic and you know what they say when you make it easy with cheating you will always fail, because the judges might have spotted. Same as in school the teacher might have not spotted you but maybe you copied the wrong answer while cheating!

So don’t cheat! By cheating it always makes it worse and remembers always one should have integrity (honesty) everywhere.

After the last obstacle was finished, Tony and Linda announced the winning witch!  The best witch award goes to Lucinia the little witch. Lucinia is a real little witch!

The witch we have to kick out of the team is. …..MARIAN! (Marian is actually an animal fairy)  Do you know what Marian said to Tony and Linda?  If you don’t know, then here’s what she said ”Do you two want to go home?” Linda said ”Yes please Miss Marian’’ The fairy said ”Your wish is my command! ” and with a wave of her magic wand Tony and Linda were back in bed.

Linda asked Tony if the magical tour was all real, and Tony said ”Yes Linda it was all real,”.

PDF Version [Published at SMC Magazine “নোঙর” May 2014]

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[Pareeza Nawar is seven years old and a P2 student of East View Primary school in Tampines. She is the daughter of Shakil Ahmed(29) & Dr. Sifat Jubaira.]