Grothilde\u2019s familiar was a large black rabbit, but that was simply by mistake. Ma remembered the tale well. Grothilde had misplaced her cat familiar. Well, she called it misplaced. Actually, Griselde had seen the poor cat falling off Grothilde\u2019s broomstick in full flight, then running for cover in the hope of hanging on to its remaining eight lives. Grothilde\u2019s \u2018Staying on Broomstick\u2019 spell wasn\u2019t very strong, because she could only focus one eye at a time on the subject of her magic.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For a while, the squint-eyed witch had been without a familiar. One day though, she was walking with her sister when she spotted a black shape go darting past out of the corner of her good eye. Calling to her sister to put a freeze spell on the shape, Grothilde ran after it.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAre you sure?\u201d her puzzled sister had asked the retreating figure. She received no reply, so did as she was asked.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By the time Grothilde saw the creature clearly enough to realise it wasn\u2019t a cat after all, but a rabbit, she didn\u2019t dare admit it. Being remembered for the Bat Spit spell was bad enough without going down in witch history for mistaking a rabbit for a cat too.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDid you think it was a cat?\u201d Mona asked, a laugh beginning to play on the corners of her crooked, whiskery, mouth.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cA cat? Course not,\u201d lied Grothilde. \u201cWhat would I want another cat for? They can\u2019t even stay on broomsticks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mona was about to say that everyone else\u2019s did, but thought better of it.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cA rabbit. That\u2019s what I want,\u201d continued Grothilde trying to convince herself. \u201cClever these rabbits. You\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It hadn\u2019t proved itself to be clever, but it hadn\u2019t fallen off her broomstick yet either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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