The Enchanted Forest: The Wish

 Adalynn had been studying really hard to be a good little witch. She had done almost everything the Principal and student teacher of the Good Witches school had told her to do. She already had earned her magic broom, but in order to reach the goal of completing everything on their list for her to do was taking a long time, or so she thought. She had even confided in her little friend Anna, the hummingbird that maybe she wasn't cut out to be a witch after all. She was almost three hundred years old and still had one thing left on the list. She had to do a good deed and once that was done she would graduate and be a good little witch. "I just don't think I can do this. It is just too hard. Anna whispered in her ear, "Make a wish on the seeds of a dandelion. I'm sure that will do the trick." She flew away leaving Adalynn all by herself. 

"I wonder if it would work. She walked and walked until she came upon a meadow that was filled with dandelions that had gone to seed. "Okay, little dandelion. Anna says if I wish really hard and blow your seeds to the wind my wish will come true. Okay, here I go!"

"Dear little dandelion please make Lightfoot a happy little horse and make it so he doesn't bite people, and let me have a birthday party for him, and that's all." She blew as hard as she could and the seeds blew to the wind. Little did Adalynn know it, but her wish had been granted, but will she be ready for the really big test? In order to make Lightfoot a nice and happy little horse, Adalynn will have to battle the wicked witch.

The Principal and the student teacher of the Good Witch school had heard Adalynn's wish as it was carried through the enchanted forest by the wind. They decided that Adalynn's wish was a good one, but it would take all three of them to overwhelm the wicked witch who was watching Lightfoot in her crystal ball. They thought the birthday party for Lightfoot was a really big wish all by itself, but Adalynn had also wished for him to be a good little horse. This was going to take some high powered witch craft that only good witches can stir up.

The Wicked Witch had also heard Adalynn's wish because the wind blew around and around in her crystal ball. She put her hands on it and sure enough there was Adalynn making a wish. "No way little one! He shall not have a birthday party. I have never had a birthday party, so neither will that naughty little horse. I shall see to it!" 

The Wicked Witch's cackle could be heard throughout the forest. The wildlife was safely hidden in the ferns and in their nests, but the farmer's wife listened to her sister's laugh and silently shook her head. "Whatever happened to you, dear sister? Why did you leave us? You could have been rich too and would have been part of our family forever. The chicken the traveler gave our mother wasn't an old stewing hen. It laid one golden egg. It has kept our family with a nice house and food to eat. If you would have just waited even one more day you would be surrounded by people that love you. Princess Marlee would have loved to know you. Maybe someday I will find you and we can be friends again. However, we will have a serious talk about all the tricks you play on people and animals. Not a good thing, dear sister. We need to have a visit and soon.