C O N T E N T S 27 1 THE BLACK SPELL BREW 2 BRAVE MINIKIN 17 3 THE FLYING BROOMSTICK 4 THE WATER Nix 37 5 MA BEANPOT DETECTIVE 47 6 ENCHANTED FLOWERPOTs 57 7 THE BIRTHDAY CAKE 66 8 MRS SPUTTER 76 9 THE YELLOW PowDER 10 GRANDMA To THE RESCUB 97 11 THE MAGIC MIRROR 109 12 MOONFIRE 120
THE BLACK SPELL BREW The ugliest most rickety house in town belonged to the old witch Madam Snickasnee It stood on the very edge of the town a small melancholy house with steps so old that one was in danger of falling through them but Madam Snickasnee was too busy working her black magic and riding around on her broomstick to do any thing about it even if she had wanted to She had a daughter however who hated the house and looked with longing at the gay neat houses of the town Her name was Minikin Minx for short she was nine years old and she wished with all her heart that she were not a witch's
