The Stone Witch (4 page)

 

Her face began to move. Her legs began to kick.

They got to the edge of the stream.

“Push!” Edgar said.

They pushed the stone witch forwards. The statue crashed into the water.

The statue's foot stuck out of the water. It twitched for a few moments, and then stopped moving.

Edgar and Mary looked at each other. They were no longer an old man and woman. They were young again. They had broken the spell!

 

 

“We're alive!” said Mary. “But what about Mr Blood and the other people?”

The sound of cheering came from the village. They looked back up the slope.

Mr Blood stood at the mouth of the cave, waving to them and smiling.

This electronic edition published in June 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing

Copyright © 2013 A & C Black
Text copyright © 2013 Benjamin Hulme-Cross
Illustrations copyright © 2013 Nelson Evergreen

First published 2013 by A & C Black
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eISBN: 978-1-4081-8066-2

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