ONCE UPON A TIME...

The Enchantress appears

There was once a little girl. She lived a very black and white life and had learnt to sit very still just in case the Wicked Witch noticed her and started shouting. Or worse.

Here she is.

She looks so prim and proper with her little legs crossed and her white shoes. She used to hate the shoes with a passion. They were there to keep her legs straight and she was never allowed to wear ballet or Maryjane shoes in case her knees buckled. That was the Wicked Witch’s story.

The Woman met her years later. The Wicked Witch was very old by then and one day, for no apparent reason and with no comment, she sent her the photo. She hardly looked at it. Put it in the file called “Family Stuff” and locked it in her filing cabinet. firmly. She forgot all about it.

Until….

Until, many years later, as she was approaching what they call her later years, she got the inexplicable call to clean her filing cabinet. After all, The Voice told her, “You are retired now, you have so much stuff that needs burning. Stuff you will never need again”. The Woman was not surprised by hearing The Voice. In fact she quite welcomed her.

She had been feeling out of sorts lately.

This retirement thing was not sitting well with her. What exactly was she meant to do now that she was “retired”, retired from what exactly?

It sounded to her that she was being asked to retire from life altogether.

She half heartedly got a file out of the drawer and emptied it on the floor of her office.

There, in the middle of all the jumble of random papers was the photo of a little girl.

The Woman did not notice the white boots or the primly crossed legs.

The first thing she saw was the crown on the child’s head.

She remembered that day. It was the Epiphany and Betty (that was her name then) had won the Queen’s Crown and she was Queen for the Day.

Next, the Woman looked at the child’s face and her rather terrified smile. Did she know what being Queen for the Day even means, she wondered.

Then The Voice spoke. “Take your mobile telephone. Open the screen. Press this button (there was an icon flashing!). And say the first thing that comes to your mind.

So, The Woman took her magic wand out (her mobile telephone in fact), waved it about and asked “Can you transform this child into a queen? AND she has to have ballet shoes. AND her outfit has to be spun with gold.” The mobile answered “Your wish is my command, my Lady” or words to that effect.

A few moments later, this is what appeared on the screen

Look at the smile! Completely transformed! That is what a golden dress and a pair of ballet shoes will do to a girl!

The Woman put the new photograph of the child she once was against her heart.

She thought “I do not know how to be a retired woman. I have no idea what to do with the next decade of my life.” Her phone came to life and made a tinkling noise.

She dropped it, she was that surprised.

There, on the screen, were two words: “ASK THE ENCHANTRESS!”

This is when this new chapter of her life started.

So, if you also feel that you would like golden or pink or whatever coloured ballet shoes, if you would like to find out how to embellish the woman you are right now. Not change her necessarily, just make her life more colourful, add touches of magic to it, perhaps/

Well, join me as I start my new project.

THE QUEST FOR THE ENCHANTRESS.

Further news coming soon!