The "witchy little owl," Madame Moonshine, prefers the dark shadows of the forest. She flies in to the rescue when Hank needs a little magic to escape his latest dilemma.

"Hank: "'Say, I think I just figgered out who you are! You're Madame Moonshine, the witchy little owl.'

I waited for her to answer but she didn't. There was a long throbbing silence.

'Madame? Madame Moonshine? Speak to me.'

'Rubbish!'

'You're the one who cured me of Eye-Crosserosis.'

'Double rubbish sassafrass horse raddish balderdash!'

'And that explains why you've been talking in circles. Shucks, you're a witch.'

'Yes, I'm a witch but also a switch.'

'Huh?'

'Where would you look to find a switch?'

'Well, let's see...a switch...hmmmm. In a tree?'

'A switch in a tree, a witch that is me. Make the switch and find a witch, trah-lah, trah-lah, trah-lah....'

I raised my eyes and studied the circle of trees all around me, and...mercy, there she was, hanging upside down from a vine that was draped over a big hackberry tree."

From Hank the Cowdog #11: Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest
Illustration by Gerald Holmes from #11: Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest.

(Copyright © John R. Erickson)

 

 

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