Katie's Botanical Birthday
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🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Katie's birthday is on its way. Last year her mum gave her a book on Botany! This time she wants some rollerblades and a computer. But her mum thinks that rollerblades are dangerous and computers cost a lot of money. She goes for a walk in the botanical gardens with her best friend, Isis. They are surprised to see Katie's cat, Solomon, is there too. So Katie turns Isis and herself into cats, and they follow Solomon through the undergrowth. What do they discover? Katie the Witch returns to Storynory!
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| 0:00.0 | Katie's Botanical Birthday. Hello, this is Natasha. And I'm happy to be back on Story Noir. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm here with a story about Katie the Witch. In this story you'll hear about botany, |
| 0:14.8 | which is the study of plants. Not everyone rates botany as the most exciting subject in the world, |
| 0:22.2 | but if you are a witch it's very important for making spells. |
| 0:27.4 | So, without further ado, here's the story. Katie never knows quite what to expect for her birthday. |
| 0:37.7 | One year her mum gave her a large green cyclopedia of botany. It identified all sorts of obscure |
| 0:45.8 | plants around the world giving their health and magical properties. For example, you could |
| 0:52.5 | discover that Pennyworth has traditionally been used for rheumatism and asthma. And Madagascar |
| 0:59.6 | Periwinkle can cure all sorts of nasty things. Wow, thanks mum, said Katie when she enrapt it. |
| 1:08.6 | But to tell you the truth, the volume was a little on the heavy side for her tastes. |
| 1:14.0 | It's been most of the time under her bed, unloved and forgotten. The following birthday what Katie |
| 1:21.1 | really wanted was a new laptop. Dad had given her some money for Christmas and would probably give |
| 1:28.5 | her some more on her birthday. But would it be enough for her to buy the one she wanted? |
| 1:35.2 | Oh dear side Katie when she spoke to her best friend Isis. As I get older I wonder if I really want |
| 1:43.2 | to be a witch. What makes you say that? Asked Isis astonished. Magic is so useful. I'm really |
| 1:52.0 | envious that you can do so many things with a snap of your finger. Magic is much harder than it looks, |
| 1:58.8 | said Katie. And besides it doesn't make you rich. Look at us. We're so hard up. And Isis, |
| 2:08.0 | whose parents were rich and gave her everything she wanted, had to agree that Katie wasn't quite |
| 2:14.7 | so fortunate. Why don't you just magic up some money? She asked. Dad always used to ask the same |
| 2:23.9 | question. It's one of the reasons my parents broke up. They were always arguing about it. |
| 2:31.6 | Mum says it's immoral to make money out of nothing and would ruin the economy. |
| 2:36.0 | Dad says politicians do it all the time. So why shouldn't hard up people use a little magic now |
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