Katie and the nasty bug.

This is Natasha and I'm here with a slightly different sort of Katie the Witch story.

There is a touch of science fiction about it.

And Katie learns how to overcome a nasty bug.

It was spring as soon as the cold weather went, it came back again. The sun seemed

ashamed to show his smiley face for more than the odd morning. To top it all, loads of people

were sick.

A spectacular chucking up bug was going around the school.

If anyone looked so much as a bit pasty in class,

the teacher would grab an empty litter bin and tell them to hold it close by.

Minutes later, the school secretary would be calling little so-and-so's mother and telling her to get over quickly and collect her sick child.

The bug even got poor Isis, who was never off school.

Like everything else about her,

Isis's attendance record was usually perfect,

but not this week because there was no way she could come in.

She texted Katie.

Poor me, I feel so rotten, chucked up six times. Is that a world record?'

Katie had so far escaped the bug. She was very careful about washing her hands and not going near anyone who coughed or spluttered.

She asked her mother what could be done for Isis,

and she suggested an ancient witch's remedy made from mint leaves and mandrake's root.

Sounds great, said Katie.

Why don't witches cure everyone?

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