by Sophie Anne Marston, age 9
Waldo creates a not very good potion…
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, about last week, there was a wizard called Waldo and his cat called Will. One day Waldo was cooking up a potion to make something in to a toad (it was not going very well) when Will said “I swallowed a balloon today!” “Good!” Said Waldo, “And even gooder for me because I just made me the BEST POTION IN THE WORLD!” Waldo had not made any progress in making potions since he was 857. Right now Waldo is 2479.
Will was not the brightest cat in the whole wide world (even though he likes to think he is) but he knew that whenever Waldo made a potion he was always the one who Waldo tested them on so he left the room leaving Waldo alone.
Waldo eventually got so bored of being on his own that he decided to get himself a honey and banana sandwich. “Aren’t honey and banana sandwiches the best way to unboardenate yourself?” Waldo asked himself. “Yes they are” Waldo replied.
After the honey and banana sandwiches, Waldo decided to have another go at his turning-people-into-toads potion so as soon as Waldo saw Will he grabbed him by the tail and said “Got ya!” but then Waldo forgot what he was doing and let go again! (Waldo sometimes forgets what he is doing and only remembers when it is too late).
Eventually Waldo remembered what he was doing, captured Will (again) and as he was starting to pour his potion onto poor Will there was a loud
BANG!
Waldo had to wave his hands around for a bit to clear all of the smoke away. Waldo gasped at the hideous half-mole half-giraffe creature his potion had made. “Don’t worry Will, Waldo will turn you back, promise!” Waldo said, and turned around to make a getting-rid-of-mistakes potion. (If there was one potion Waldo could make it was definitely a getting-rid-of-mistakes potion). Waldo made a successful potion, but when Waldo looked around Will, who was now not actually Will, was gone!
Some hours later Waldo was driving along in his car, looking for Will, when he drove by The Ice Cream Shop. He blurted “I’ve got an idea in my noggin!”, jumped from his seat and headed straight to the shop.
Minutes later Waldo was back in his car slurping on a chocolate ice cream. “That was the bestist idea I have had in the whole wide week!” said Waldo, “Anyway, what was I doing again?” and the moment he remembered his eyes filled with tears and he started to whimper.
“Waldo, Are you okay?” Waldo stared at a hideous half-mole half-giraffe that was standing right in front of him. “Aaaarrrrhhh!” shrieked Waldo “Get off my space bubble, you!” “But I am your friend!” cried the creature “Don’t you remember me?” Then Waldo remembered, “Will!”
“So, is it time for a getting-rid-of-mistakes potion, then?”
The End.