Chapter Ten
the Mouse Queen(1)
The Grand High Witch and her witches were enjoying the delicious meal. Looking around, she found that the same things were happening to every witch. She understood that every witch had had the mouse maker she had dosed. She also understood that the mouse maker was in the soup which had been eaten by every witch. Now, every witch was becoming a mouse ,so people began to scream and beat them. The Grand High Witch noticed a side door which was open, her several favorite witches protected her out of the dinning hall through it. Everyone was making noises, some were scared to scream, the children were clapping their hands happily, few people were really beating the mice, for they did not have proper weapons or tools. The biggest threat came from the chefs, who were holding knives or cooking spoons to beat the mice. These mice were not ordinary mice, it was not easy to beat them. Those who were afraid of mice kept running out of the doors, so the doors were not closed at all， and all the witch mice escaped though the three different doors. Though some mice were hit and wounded, the most wounded lost half a tail, all of them got out and hid in safe place. Guarded by her favorite witches, the Grand High Witch escaped to a garden, then they went though a drainage pipe out of the garden, across a road, to a house in which nobody lived. The Grand High Witch and her favorite witches, including an assistant and her secretary ,and other witches, counted up to 16. When they felt that they were safe, the witches all asked The Grand High Witch, "Your Majesty, what on earth happened?" "Your Majesty, we wanted to turn the children into mice, how come we became mice?" "Can we become human again?" "I don't want to be a mouse！" "What shall we do?" Some of them began to sob. the Mouse Queen(2)
"Shut up!" the Grand High Witch snapped at them. At that moment, a big mouse came in through a hole in the corner. Seeing a dozen of invaders in the house made him angry. Obviously it was his territory. He hissed and rushed to bite the nearest witch mouse. Some of the mice ran away, some stood still, some helped their attacked fellow. After a few rounds of biting, all the mice who had rushed up to help were defeated by the big mouse who then rushed to attack the Grand High Witch. The assistant and the secretary hurried to guard her.
They fought the big mouse at full speed, but still could not beat him. Then, the Grand High Witch shouted to her followers, "Stay away!" and they all moved backwards. The Grand High Witch pointed one of her paws at the big mouse and did magic. A small ball of smoke and fire flew from the paw to the enemy. The big mouse was burned by the ball, who still wanted to attack but hesitated.
The Grand High Witch did magic again and launched a bigger ball of smoke and fire. This time, the mouse was burned so badly that he squeaked. All the witch mice shouted, "Burn him, burn him to death!" The big mouse ran into the hole and escaped. "Hooray! Hooray!" the witch mice all cheered. From now on, the Grand High Witch became the Mouse Queen. One of them asked, "Your Majesty, why did you not burn him to death?" Compared with the others, the Mouse Queen was quite calm. She said, "I did want to kill him, but my magic is not as powerful as before." She spoke so peacefully that the mice felt a little bit relaxed. The Mouse Queen would not burn someone to ashes when she was angry like the Grand High Witch. They were still afraid of her and relied on her. "Your Majesty, how come we all became mice?" asked the assistant carefully. "There was mouse-maker in the soup." said the Mouse Queen and her being quiet was out of their expectation, which encouraged the assistant to continue to ask, "Who did it?" "The boy hiding in the meeting room who had been turned into a mouse by us." she answered , still quiet. "It's him!" the witch mice were all surprised, and they all admired their wise leader,
they also wondered how the little mouse could have done such a big thing.
"How did he make it?" they looked to each other, being puzzled.
"It was all because we did not get rid of the two mice that were changed from the boys who smelled like dog droppings. They went back to the old oracle, the grandma, who helped her grandson." The Mouse Queen was so sure that her followers could not doubt her, they were so surprised that they all opened their mouths and could not speak, but their question was clear.
the Mouse Queen(3)
The boy lived right above me. Have you got it? hurry out!"
When I took medicine for the old witches,
I had a strange feeling and smelled an unknown smell,
but I did not think about it. The little mouse took the chance to escape the room when the old witches left the room and he went back to his own room. "How did he put the mouse-maker into the soup?" they asked curiously. "While we were having the meal, someone shouted "catch the mouse" in the kitchen, which made me feel strange,
how come there was a mouse in the kitchen?"
The fact is the little mouse was found after he had put the mouse-maker into our soup." "Did they catch or kill him?" the mice were extremely curious. "Obviously not! After the little mouse had got back to the dining hall, the old oracle went to see the little eater's father and told him that I had turned his son into a mouse. As he was walking towards me angrily, the medicine worked." Their curiosity was very well satisfied， and they revered their leader more than before, but they soon fell into the objective reality. "Your Majesty, Can we become human again?" "can we?" they all asked. The Mouse Queen meditated for quite a while and said, "It is not easy." "woo, ooo" one of the witches began to cry. "I don't want to be a mouse!" cried another followed by some. "Stop crying!" the assistant scolded them. "Her Majesty did not say we couldn't. Let her Majesty think about it, we must really believe in her, rely on her." "Believe in Her Majesty, Rely on Her Majesty!" the secretary shouted. "Long live Her Majesty!" one of them shouted. "Long live Her Majesty!" followed all the others. "Your Majesty，what shall we do next?" asked the assistant. The Mouse Queen began to give her orders, "you go to find all the scattered witches and gather them here, they must be around the hotel. Make sure that they will not be killed by people ,eaten by cats, or bitten by mice, the most important thing is to make sure that they will not be caught by humans, or our secret will be exposed." "Your wise Majesty, we will go right now!" The assistant and the secretary said together. The two immediately arranged the witch mice to go to different places to look.
Soon, some witch mice came themselves, gradually, most of the witch mice were found.
The Mouse Queen organized them to look for food, keep guard and to do other work. Several days later, all the witch mice were found. Now the Mouse Queen no longer worried that any of the witch mice who could speak human language would be caught by humans to expose the secret of the witch world. |
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