Cake.
It
was a quiet evening at 346 Berryhill Road, when one lady had a knock at her
door. She was not expecting visitors, since she had just moved to the
neighborhood a few days ago. She answered the door with caution, “Hello, who is
there?” yelled the woman. “Hi, it’s me Cheryl, your new neighbor” answered the
visitor. The woman opened the door and invited “Cheryl” in.
Little did the
woman know what she did, Cheryl was most definitely not the new neighbor.
Cheryl was a witch and since she was allowed in, she was able to stay at the
house. This was a special night for the witch, it was the night of their monthly
witch meeting. The woman was so kind enough to invite the witch in, therefore meaning
all the witches were welcome now. The woman’s house was the hosting event for
the monthly witch meeting. The owner of the house still had no idea what was to
come until she heard another knock at the door. Surprised she had another
visitor, she answered the door and it was a group of women. They all claimed to
be her new neighbors and walked in. “Finally, everyone is here” said the first
witch. The woman still confused as to what is happening, sat down and listened
to the other women talk in her home. She was hearing them speak of a weird
language and could not make out what was being said until she realized they
were casting spells. She quickly jumped up and asked “What is going on here?”
and one witch replied, “Oh darling, it’s you initiation night”. “My what?” replied
the woman. “HUSH! It is time to begin” said the main witch, Cheryl.
The
meeting was starting and the woman was front and center. The other witches
surrounding her, chanting and casting spells. The woman did not want to be a
witch and wanted to leave so badly. She had to think of a way to get out of
this before the initiation was over. She thought for a few minutes and decided
to bake a cake. She yelled out,” Before we start, I am sure you guys are very
hungry from your day of travel, let me bake you a cake.” The witches all looked
at each other and decided they would cast their spells more powerfully if they
had some food in their stomach. They accepted her cake offer and the woman went
to the kitchen.
The
woman needed to bake the cake but it needed to be poisonous so the witches
would eat the cake and get terribly sick and leave. She searched through her
cupboards until she finally found what she needed, Arsenic. She quickly added
the arsenic into the batter and put the cake into the oven. Thirty minutes
later and it was done, cooked to perfection. She quickly added some frosting
and a few decorations and it was ready to be eaten. The witches scarfed down
the cake and a few of them even said “this was the best cake I have eaten”. The
woman was gleaming with excitement for her plan had worked. After about 10
minutes, she noticed the witches were all moving slowly and a few were already
asleep. Finally, all the witches were asleep and the woman was able to escape.
She quickly gathered her things and headed straight to the airport. She caught
a flight and never returned to 346 Berryhill Road.
Authors Note:
I read the story "The Horned Women" from the celtic fairy tales unit. In this story, horned women (witches) enter a woman's home. The woman feels trapped and the witches start demanding things of the woman. One was for the woman to build them a cake. In the story, they keep demanding the woman to make and do things and the woman can't. The witches finally leave the house and the woman is left safely. I decided to use the same plot and elements of the story. I focused on the cake and used that as a key factor in my story. The woman ended up leaving her house versus the witches leaving. Since Halloween was just here, I decided this story would be a good edition to my page.
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