The Most Magic Spell

The magic spell was usually quite magic ... except, that is, until one day the witch got the words wrong. She couldn't quite remember the words of her magic spell that she had been practising for weeks. When she sneezed in the middle of her "ABRACADABRA !", her magic words soon became very mixed up. Her mumbled and jumbled spell made magic that was mumbled jumbled, too. So mumbled, in fact, that hocus pocus became chocus spouc. Abracadabra magic whizzed onto the cat ... and before long even his saucer of milk went "SPLAT !" ... his whiskers twitched, the hair on the back of his neck stood on it's end. The claws in his paws also grew long and soon they too started to bend. The magic spell was so magic that when it magicked on the dog - the dog (which should have whoofed and whoofed magic whoofs) started to tweet like a bird - the whole situation was quickly becoming absurd. When it magicked in the kitchen, the fridge door opened wide and the soup boiled over and over inside. The magic spell was so magic that nothing could stop it. The cans of baked beans majicked on toast ... and then onto the plate. The magic spell was so magic that when it majicked on the kitchen taps, hot and cold water squirted into the sink and bubbles frothed everywhere. The magic spell majicked some more and soap powder fell all over the floor. The magic spell majicked on the door and the windows - before long, they opened and closed all by themselves. The magic spell was usually quite magic until it's magic got mixed up ... so mixed up that when it majicked on the washing machine and tumble dryer, the clothes jumped in all by themselves and straight onto the washing line. The mixed up magic spell was so mixed up by now that the brush turned upside down and started spinning around. The magic spell majicked on the plates and saucers and soon they were all neatly stacked on the shelf. Soon all the knives, forks and spoons were all neatly lined up in the drawer, the magic even worked on the kitchen floor. Soon even the floor was shiny and bright - but when the magic got mixed up, so did the tiles on the floor ... and the broom started brushing all by itself. Before long, the magic spell's magic was so mixed up that the tumble dryer tumbled the wrong way and the hot tap ran cold, the cold tap ran hot. Oh what a mix up ! The magic spell's mix up was so mixed up that soon the milk was in the orange juice and the orange juice in the milk. The cheese was in the sausages and the sausages in the bacon. The magic spell was so mixed up that things got fixed up well !

© Jacqueline Richards 2005