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The naughty witch

18 MARCH 1999

There are not many witches in the city. For most witches prefer the countryside. Where they can roll about in mud and frolic with pigs. But there is one in London. She loves to get high on the car exhausts and eats left over fish and chips. Her name is Ezralda and she is a typical witch. Typical because she wears a black pointed hat and rides a broomstick.

Ezralda is notoriously naughty. She likes to cause chaos and havoc wherever she goes. She gets great enjoyment from turning peoples lives upside down. The stronger the better. Once she did a terrible thing that she thought was good in nature. She found an old abandoned warehouse. She spent three days digging a huge twenty foot deep pit and filling it with wooden spikes. Then she put a sign outside saying "BIG BEAN FEAST TODAY: EVERY BEAN IS FREE"

"I shall now hide behind this lamppost and see what happens" she said. "To pass the time I'll have a piss." This she did. She did not have to wait long for her plan to happen. Two well dressed gentlemen walked past the old warehouse.

"Look at this Sir" said one to the other. "A free bean feast". "I love baked beans me. I can do incredible farts with them."

"Hohoho I'd like to hear them your Lordship."

"Then let us enter this house of beany delights and let us feast."

The two men entered the warehouse. There was a few seconds of silence. Then two terrible screams followed by the sickening sound of bodies being impailed on wooden spikes as they fell to their deaths.

"Hahaha. My plan has worked" said Ezralda as she came out from behind the lamppost. She looked at the still bodies in the pit bellow. "Ha that will teach you to kill elephants."

Soon the police arrived. "Oh it's you again Ezralda" said PC Grip. "What have you been up to this time?"

"Come see," she said and she showed him the two bodies in the pit of the warehouse.

"Ooooh grisily" he said. "You have killed the Mayor of London and his security".

"I thought they were ivory hunters."

"Well whatever. You're under arrest for murder."

"No I'm not" she said climbing on her broomstick and flying off.

"I'll get you yet Ezralda. You can't escape the long arm of the law." But she could, for the naughty witch could live underground or live high in the roof tops.

SEXTON MING

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