The really horrible witch turned herself into a beautiful damsel about to be eaten by a wicked dragon. A handsome prince, called Prince Bogdan, came along and rescued her. They fell in love and got married and had five children. Then they got sick of each other and divorced.
The really horrible witch then turned herself into a beautiful sleeping princess who could only be woken by the kiss of a prince. Prince Bogdan came along and kissed her. They fell in love and got married and had five more children. Then they got sick of each other and divorced.
The really horrible witch then turned herself into a beautiful singing canary in a golden cage that would turn into a dazzling woman when released from the cage. By now, after marrying the witch twice and having ten kids, Prince Bogdan was onto it. He thought he would leave the canary in the cage. It would starve to death and the witch would learn a jolly good lesson. So the canary died.
But the witch was even more cunning than Prince Bogdan. She hadn’t turned herself into a canary at all, but was hiding in a cupboard. She came out of the cupboard disguised as a voluptuous lady of the evening, called Evening Primrose, and Prince Bogdan fell in love with her and they got married and had yet another five bloody kids. But Evening Primrose had run out of magic and stayed on as the voluptuous lady of the evening. Every day she had to cook for fifteen kids and stand at the sink and do the dishes. She was very fulfilled, and they lived happily ever after.
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Weave a Web 
Like its ancestors before it who worked in the coal mines, this canary’s life was short but meaningful.
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Witch canary is that?!
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Broom-Hilda….the virgin-martyr one, pictured above, toes up, in the cage.
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Hildegard von Bingen (virgin and doctor of the church) is one of my favourite composers! (Again ignored like Barbara Strozzi because of gender!)
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I like how you are staying with the ‘V’ theme!
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It’s VD – i.e. V-Day.
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A real joy to listen to, this afternoon, thank you.
I have not heard much of her music, but I know some her writings, e.g. Scivias, and now I am remembering her fondness for the concept of viridity, or greenness …and it’s St. Patrick’s day here!
She was,apparently, some amazing broad!
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She certainly spread her endeavours wide!
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You forgot to mention that both the really horrible witch and the really silly prince both got their comeuppance as they traversed the world of fifteen pregnancies, fifteen labours, fifteen births, fifteen babies and fifteen three year olds. Not to mention fifteen teenagers …………. But at least they all lived.
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15 was only the beginning! Give them a chance!!
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Obviously no virgins here!
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😀
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😀 😀 😀 Three times and you’re out. Glad to hear the third time took. 😛
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They’re not dead yet!!
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Aha! A sequel cometh!
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It could be a long wait…
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Was it thin air that kept the witch alive in the cupboard?
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It’s suggestions like that that make me wonder if the story was not made up.
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