![]() ![]() Pictured in a medieval setting, this sturdy, forthright tale is distinguished by skillfully designed and executed illustrations, painted in oils. The witch is chased, leaps off the bridge, and "".was never seen again"" (American children know what water does to witches). The witch turns them into food he mother, following, reclaims them by matching her gifts to their new forms: bread with butter, salt with fish, etc. The inevitable intruder is a witch (Heckedy Peg) who offers gold in return for a light for her pipe the children not only succumb, but are seen cavorting with lighted straw. ![]() She goes to market, promising gifts, warning against strangers and fire. A poor mother has seven children, shown as mischievious but helpful. An original fairy tale containing traditional elements and illustrated in the same style as the author-artist team's ebullient, Caldecott Honor-winning King Bidgood's in the Bathtub. ![]()
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