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As every kid knows, Halloween is both spooky and sweet. It’s spooky because there are witches and wizards about, and it’s sweet because children go in search of treats.
This story is about a little girl who is a witch, and it’s fair to say that it’s more sweet than spooky. Her name is Katie, and her school mates think she is rather odd, and don’t really believe that she can do magic. She’s afraid of Halloween, because she thinks they will tease her more than usual, but in fact she has quite a few useful tricks and treats up her sleeve.
And while you are in witching mood, you may also enjoy a special Bertie story from our archive called Halloween on the Pond.
Read by Natasha. Duration 8.52
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Once upon a time, there was a girl called Katie.
Katie was seven.
And she lived in nice house with her mum and dad, and her little brother Joey, and a dog called Muffin.
And it was all quite normal really.
Except for one thing.
They were witches.
Well, except for her Dad, who was a Wizard.
And the dog, Muffin, who was a D-witch, which is a dog who casts spells.
Anyway being a witch wasn’t so bad.
Mum would just twitch her nose and all the cleaning would get done.
Dad would wave his stick, and the lawn would cut itself.
Muffin would click his paws, and a few dog treats would tumble out of the sky.
They’d even taught Katie some magic.
She knew how to make her homework do itself.
And her room got tidied just by twitching her ear.
But there was just one thing Katie really didn’t like.
Halloween.
Once a year, when the leaves were falling off the trees, and the nights were getting longer, all the children in her school and along her street would get terribly excited about Halloween.
They made costumes of horrible looking witches.
With long pointy noses, and spots, and nasty black hats, and broomsticks.
And Katie said in school: “Witches aren’t like that, really. My mum looks quite nice.”
And all the other girls fell about laughing.
“Katie thinks she’s a witch,” they laughed. “She’s ugly and horrible, just like a witch.”
And when Katie went home that day, she was really upset.
She cried and cried and cried. And when her mum asked her what the matter was, she said: “Everyone hates witches. And they especially hate them at Halloween.”
And her mum tried to explain that although some people didn’t like witches, it was also quite useful sometimes, like when the washing up got done all by itself.
“I don’t ever want to have anything to do with witch-craft again,” said Katie angrily.
But on Halloween night, all the girls from her school were organising a trick or treat tour of the street.
And Katie didn’t want to go, because she’d decided she didn’t want to have anything to do with witch-craft.
Never, never, never….
But her mum said she had to.
Because a witch can hardly stay in on Halloween.
And she whispered something in Katie’s ear.
Do you know what it was?
Well, I’ll tell you in a minute.
Anyway, Katie went to join the other girls.
And some of them started laughing at her.
“Katie doesn’t have to dress up, because she’s already a witch,” they laughed.
And Katie felt cross.
And embarrassed.
But she decided to say nothing.
At the first house, they got a load of sherbet lemons.
At the second, a jumbo pack of sweeties.
At the third, loads and loads of crisps.
And at the forth, a giant packet of chocolate biscuits.
But at the fifth house, there lived a man called Mr Bones.
And Mr Bones didn’t like children.
He certainly didn’t see why he should give them any treats.
“Buzz off, you stupid kids,” he said when they knocked on the door.
“Trick or treat, trick, or treat…” cried the girls.
“Yes, well, I think I’ll take the trick, if it’s all the same to you,” said Mr Bones.
And a horrible smile creased up his face.
“Because you’re just a bunch of stupid little girls, and you don’t scare me.”
“But one of us is a real witch,” said Amelia, the biggest of the girls.
“Yes, yes, Katie’s a real witch,” they all cried.
But Mr Bones just laughed and laughed.
“That’s the stupidest thing I ever heard,” he said.
“Go on, Katie,” said Amelia. “Let’s see if you really are a witch.”
And so Katie stepped forwards.
“You don’t look scary to me,” said Mr Bones. “You’re just a stupid little girl.”
But Katie remembered what her mum had whispered in her ear.
Do you know what it was?
A special spell.
So right then, Katie recited the magic words.
And she wriggled her ear.
And all the girls gasped in amazement.
Because suddenly Mr Bones wasn’t Mr Bones anymore.
He was a little brown, fluffy hamster. Inside a cage. Running around and around on a wheel.
All the girls laughed and laughed.
Katie leaned into the cage. “Is it fun being a hamster?”
The little creature squeaked and shook its head.
And Katie spun the wheel, so that he had to run faster and faster.
And then she recited the magic words and Mr Bones was turned back into a man again.
“I’ll get you some treats, girls,” he said very quickly and nervously.
And he came back with tons of chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, biscuits, and even a new Barbie DVD for each girl.
“Please come back next year girls,” he said. “I’ll have even better stuff for you.”
And he went back inside, looking very nervous.
And as they went down the rest of the street, everyone had heard that there was a real witch out trick and treating tonight, so they all gave the girls even more sweets and biscuits than usual, and even some toys.
And Katie was the most popular girl in her class.
“You know, maybe it’s not so bad being a witch after all,” she said when she got home. “And I think I’m going to enjoy Halloween from now on.”
73 Comments
I love this story. It’s really good!
i liked it a lot. really a lot
it was GREAT !!!
I’m a nanny..and my kids love to hear stories.. This one was fun!
Great to share with kids!
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i like it
i love the story very much
i like the story….
I LOVE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It is great!!!!
I love this storynory!!!!!!
there is something wrong with the audio
~love the story ~
i think this story is just wounderful i read it 2 younger siblings and they just love it i hope other children caRRY on to use it though i go to the local libary and i have never senn it before:)
i love the story a lot
Loved it. Waiting for the next one!!!!
We greatly Like this story … It is fantastic … Aconcelhamos everyone to read it …
It was okay. It would have been better if there were more sound effects.
Thank you for all these stories!!! They are more than wonderfull!!!
I love your story. I hope you make another story about Katie.
This story was ANWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was very funny.
We like the story but thought it was a little bit scary!
Thank you for the Story
You are so kind
This story was good. We really enjoyed listening to it!
I liked it…it would have been better if it had more variation in it…not just ‘they laughed and laughed’ and ’she cried and cried and cried’
it could have been ‘they laughed and giggled’ and ’she cried and sobbed and sniffed’
but, you cant change the story, so other then that is was OK..
This is a really good story. It was really cool she turned Mr Bones into a Hamster.
i really liked it because i like witches & it was a great ghostly story
It was cool. I want to be Katie and turn Mr.Bones into a hamster!
i like it story it is funny and it is good u shde read it i love it i lafed
i love it it is funney lol haha
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it wus omg ha ah lol lolrotfloljk i luv it it is lol jk ha ha idk
i didn’t like it was okay because it was a little funny but i still didn’t like it
it was ok…
That was a good story and I love hamster!!!!!
i lol it it is omg lol ha ha lolrotflolomgjk it iscool andu shud read it ha ha p.s go to candy mounten !!!!! lol so be nicec it is cool lol read it
IT WAS VERY GOOD I HOPE YOU MAKE ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT KATIE
the story was okay, even for me as an adult.
better than the story itself is this page!! think it is a wonderful idea to have some stories told in englis.
i love it!
all of these stories are the most amazing,exciting,fuuny,and very interestingto me
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it was really coooooooooooool lol it was funny when mr bones turned into a hamster annnnnnnnd does any1 here play runescape its a really cool game if u are intrested in it go on http://www.runescape.com
it was really coooooooooooool lol it was funny when mr bones turned into a hamster annnnnnnnd does any1 here play runescape its a really cool game if u are intrested in it go on http://www.runescape.com
Thanks for the story! I enjoyed it
THAT WAS GREAT I LIKED THIS STORY I AM GOING TO SAY
THAT KATIE SHOULD NO T PUT SPELLS ON PEOPLE JUST CUZ THEY ARE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY WANT LIKE MR. BONES
BUT U NEED TO USE UR POWER FOR NEEDS ONLY NOT FOR FUN AND TO GET WHAT THEY WANT MONIQUE THANK YOU NATASHA FOR THE STORY I AM GOING TO FID ANOTHER STORY THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH I LIKED THE STORY SO MUCH
ME AGAIN LAST 1 THEN I AM GOING TO READ A STORY THE PART WHERE KATIE’S MUM TOLD HER JUST CUZ U ARE MADE OF DOESN’T MEaN UF UR A WITCH THAT DOESN’T MEAN U R NOT GOING TO BE IT EVER AGAIN
MONIQUE
I can’t beleive a witch was afraid of halloween!But it was still cool story.
IT WAS GREAT
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I love that story.
Love it!Waiting for the next one!
Hi I like thr sory.
But it seems it is not scary.
it’s a good story! I like this. but, not scary.
i love that one it rocks!
I like this story!
it’s a good story!
I loved that story
very good,I like this story.
i LIKE THE STORY A LOT BUT……I WONDER WHY M.R BONES WAS SO NERVOUS,WEIRD,HUH ?.Aoife
That is good story , I like it so much.
This story is very interesting
i did not like it very much.this was very teribble reading.
This story is the fantastical!I love how Katie wasn’t popular in the begining. that just gose to show that being yourself is the most popular thing in the world, and if knowbody in your school can see that then they don’t know what their missing. Just be yourself and you will get more friends is the lesson of this story!
Sincerly
MIranda Ceiri
new york, newyork the age of 10
A very interesting story!The trick is funny.Hence,I’ll like Halloween.I want there will be a witch knock at my house’s door.How fun!!
This story is soo good!!! It is funny that a witch doesn’t like Halloween. They are supposed to like it.
NICE STORY
it was to good but fun that the wich was sarerd
it was to good but fun that the wich was sarerd
i love it thank you ok
thank you all
i luv it.
OMG that story rocked my socks off!!! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!
LETS DO THAT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!WoooHoooooo!!!
i like this story becus eneything can happen
she can do all sorts of magic stuff but she is still normal she can get hurt feelings and
she still goes to shool and she still learns important lessons that evryone needs to learn
like you cant get evrything you want even when
you are a wich!
that story really isn’t teaching a good lesson, but it’s okay.