Hello and welcome to super great kids stories. Wise tales from storytellers around the world which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.

Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories.

Hello super great kids and how are you? I hope you've had a good week.

I've had a good week. I've had a happy week because I've just had a little holiday.

I've been walking in the north of Spain with some friends. In the UK some children are also having a little holiday, a little half-term holiday

so they're making the most of their free time and getting ready for Halloween. The feels near my house are full of glowing orange

pumpkins and lots of houses near my home are decorated with grinning lanterns, spiders

webs and witches on broomsticks. Our theme at the moment is Stories of Magic.

Last week we had a story from Wales about a powerful wizard

and this week our story is about a witch from Shropshire in England.

But she's not a particularly scary witch.

If you're kind to animals, she'll leave you alone.

But you never can be too sure about witches, can you?

This witchy tale is told by the talented storyteller Amy Douglas.

Now, just before we start the story,

I've made a magic potion,

and I'm hoping it's going to make animals talk. I want to know what my

dog pip is thinking when we're out in the woods. Here's the potion. Take one spotted fish with silver scales,

two eyelashes from diving whales,

three forked tongues from orange nutes,

and stir it round with spider juice.

Hmm, do you think it'll work?

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