- They're very keen to show you just what a wide range of herbs they've collected.
- They're even more keen to sell you a wide variety of herbal recipes.
- They do actually say what the recipes do and what ingredients are in them.
- They don't build their houses out of gingerbread.
- They have a modestly sized cauldron and refuse to cackle.
- They're not afraid of water or a decent moisturiser.
- They refuse to have anything to do with eye of newt on animal cruelty grounds.
- They do turn up, discreetly often, to put right those spells cast by evil witches because they hate the idea of the latter giving all witches a bad name.
- They will turn evildoers into frogs, toads etc partly because they have a soft spot for amphibians and want to increase the numbers.
- They don't go around selling bright red poisoned apples.
Witches, in my fictional Fairy Kingdom, come in all shapes and sizes. Most are happy to be the traditional wise woman. The others are the ones who want to take the realm by force and destroy those who won't support them (including their own kind where necessary). So how to spot the good witch then:-
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AuthorI'm Allison Symes and write fairytales with bite, especially novels and short stories. Archives
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