Chapter 2

A

1.For months I had been telling myself that I would never put the Magic Finger upon anyone again - not after what happened to my teacher, old Mrs. Winter.

2.Poor old Mrs Winter. One day we were in class, and she was teaching us spelling.

3.'Stand up,’she said to me, 'and spell cat.'

B

1.'That's an easy one,' I said, 'K-a-t.'

2.'You are a stupid little girl!' Mrs Winter said.

3.'I am not a stupid little girl!' I cried. 'I am a very nice little girl!'

4.'Go and stand in the corner,' Mrs Winter said.

5.Then I got cross, and I saw red, and I put the Magic Finger on Mrs Winter good and strong, and almost at once . . .

C

1.Guess what? Whiskers began growing out of her face!

2.They were long black whiskers, just like the ones you see on a cat, only much bigger.

3.And how fast they grew! Before we had time to think, they were out to her ears!

4.Of course the whole class started scream-ing with laughter, and then Mrs Winter said, 'Will you be so kind as to tell me what you find so madly funny, all of you?'

D

1.And when she turned around to write something on the blackboard we saw that she had grown a tail as well!

2.It was a huge bushy tail!

3.I cannot begin to tell you what happened after that, but if any of you are wondering whether Mrs Winter is quite all right again now, the answer is No.

4.And she never will be.

E

1.The Magic Finger is something I have been able to do all my life.

2.I can't tell you just how I do it, because I don't even know myself.

3.But it always happens when I get cross, when I see red . . .

4.Then I get very, very hot all over . . .

5.Then the tip of the forefinger of my right hand begins to tingle most terribly ...

F

1.And suddenly a sort of flash comes out of me, a quick flash, like something electric.

2.It jumps out and touches the person who has made me cross .

3. And after that the Magic Finger is upon him or her, and things begin to happen . . .

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