TASTER Magic Carpet Tony Mitton 1. FiRST WORD The Magic Box Kit Wright 9

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1 CONTENTS TASTER Magic Carpet Tony Mitton 1 FiRST WORD The Magic Box Kit Wright 9 UNDER THE MAGlC TREE Where Can It Be? Mike Jubb 12 Here s to the Bean! Patricia Leighton 13 Jack s Magic Wand David Harmer 14 Inside My Book of Wizards Jenni Sinclair 16 Magpie Magic Patricia Leighton 18 Tiny Elephants Tony Mitton 20 The Magic Handbag Michael Harrison 22 The Three Singing Birds James Reeves 25 The King and Queen of China Jean Kenward 28 Magic the Rabbit David Harmer 30 Merlin s Mynah Tony Mitton 32 The Marvellous Trousers Richard Edwards 34 Merlin s Spell to Make Broken Toys Happy Eric Johns 37 THE SWlSH OF THE BROOMSTlCKS Broomstick Obedience Class Daphne Schiller 39 Witchy Kittens David Whitehead 42

2 Charm Against an Egg-Boat Anon 44 The Woolly Witch Celia Warren 45 The Which Hoo Cudn t Spel Mike Jubb 46 Hallowe en Dave Ward 47 Hallowe en Disco David Whitehead 50 A Magical Puzzle Clare Bevan 54 Pickety Witch Jennifer Curry 55 A Country Spell Against Witches Anon 56 GRlCKLE GRACKLE GROOBLE GROBBLE Weed Soup Laura Ranger 58 Listen! Lilian Moore 59 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble William Shakespeare 60 Cherry Croak (or Raiding the Wizard s Kitchen) Tony Mitton 62 Going Shopping with Willy the Wise and Wizened Wizard Paul Cookson 64 Mummy? David Poulter 65 The Preston Witch Sara Jones 68 from... The Witch s Work Song TH White 69 Disappear Laura Ranger 70 Spell for Disappearing John Rice 71 DRAGONS, GlANTS AND THE MAGlC SPlDERMAN Dragonbirth Judith Nicholls 73 The Sick Young Dragon John Foster 75

3 Dragon Dance Max Fatchen 78 Dragon Poem Frances Edwards 80 Giant Taste Andrew Collett 81 The Giant Anon 81 Building a Dragon Charles Thomson 82 The Sleepy Giant Charles Edward Carryl 84 Anancy the Spiderman Manley Young 86 Giant Monica Campbell-Scott 88 Merlin s Spell to Find Lost Toys Eric Johns 89 SOMETHlNG STRANGE Eeka, Neeka Walter de la Mare 91 Two Word Poem Laura Ranger 92 I Wish Anon 93 The Woman of Water Adrian Mitchell 94 Lion Celia Warren 96 Mermaid Ted Hughes 99 Little Fan James Reeves 100 Magic Cat Peter Dixon 102 Lost Rainbow Peter Dixon 104 A Very Old Spell to Say Out Loud to Get Rid of Warts translated by Michael Rosen 106 TREADlNG MY DREAMS Dream Catcher Patricia Leighton 109 You Spotted Snakes William Shakespeare 110 Overheard on a Saltmarsh Harold Monro 112 Who Believes in Fairies? Patricia Leighton 114

4 On Midsummer s Eve Ann Bonner 116 Coach Eleanor Farjeon 118 An Autum Ghost Matt Simpson 120 Wizard Daphne Schiller 121 Song of the Wizard s Imp Tony Mitton 122 Dreams and Shadows Patricia Leighton 124 LAST WORD The Vanishing Poem Tim Pointon 126

5 Pickety Witch Pickety Witch, Pick-Pickety Witch Picka, Picka, Pickety Witch. Which wicked witch went every which way? Which stayed behind? Don t know? Can t say. Which boiling cauldron bubbled magic spells? Which ones just simmered and made nasty smells? Which witch s wand shot stars far and wide? Which ones hung limp as a worm that s just died? Which witch s cat could whistle and bark? Which ones were scared to go out in the dark? Which witch s broomstick streamed to the sky? Which ones went backwards? Don t ask me why! Which witch has lifted the Superwitch Cup While the rest of the coven gave in and gave up? Pickety Witch, it s Pickety Witch Picka, Picka, Pickety Witch. Jennifer Curry 54

6 Going Shopping with Willy the Wise and Wizened Wizard Every Saturday Willy the wise and wizened wizard went into town to do his weekly shopping. He d get his toiletries from Roots the Alchemist, his clothes from Sparks and Mensa, new ideas for games and tricks from Ploys R Us and his food from the supermarket usually Asda, because he thought it sounded like a magic word Asda Cadabra! 64

7 His special ingredients and potion mixtures, the secret things on his list like 17 newts eyes, 21 frog tongues, 36 bat wings, 15 hog warts, 3 witch pimples, 9 rattlesnake rattles, one kg of six-inch pins, 3 bags of all-purpose filler and mixer plus a new universal scoop, stirrer and spreader Well, Willy the wise and wizened wizard got them from a specialist shop: Voodoo It All The Druid Yourself Store. Paul Cookson 65