“And they
lived happily ever after.”
Steven King*
#quote
My family is
going to see Star Wars this weekend...question is, will the stars
learn how to get along? Anyway onto the flash fiction!
The Witch's Impossible Task
A wise witch
named Telya was called upon by the king to make a potion that would
make him immune to sickness and aging. The king knew that the witch
possessed immense skill, but also that she did not care for money. So
he told her that if she did not provide the potion in three years she
would be executed.
Telya, through
all her studies of magic over her long life, figured it impossible to
make such a potion. But the witch thought and thought for three years
and within that time she arrived at a solution at her meeting with
the king.
“Have you
created the potion Telya? Or is today the day of your execution?”
The witch
smiled, “I have created the potion that will make you immune to
sickness and aging.” She gave him a green vial of liquid.” The
king, after seeing his father die from a plague, quickly drank the
liquid.
“This tastes
wonderful! What is in this magnificent potion?”
The witch
laughed. “Why it's poison! You can't become sick or age if you're
dead now can you? Well, you can decay but I don't think that's what
you meant. I already made a deal with the man who will replace you so
you don't need to worry about that. I'd say take this as a lesson to
not threaten a witch, but that won't matter in a few seconds.”
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