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The Witch's Tale

Once upon a time there was a goodly witch by the name of Hilynda, who was very powerful and beautiful. She lived high upon a mountain top, and ruled all the lands below her as far as the eye could see. Being a fair and just witch, she was provider and benefactor to all the animals dwelling within her domain, and often appeared to passing strangers in times of need. She had been borne of parents who also were witches, and had inherited the power to foretell the future, a very rare and special gift, even for a witch.

But coming from a family of witches, she was not an only child. Four sisters, envious of her beauty and jealous of her power, also lived in the mountains. And as every day passed, they became more and more resentful of her popularity and her goodness. So the four sisters banded together, and decided that they would undo all the good that Hilynda had done, and torment her, and be just as nasty as they could. And the four sisters took upon themselves the names of the North, the South, the East, and the West, so that they would cover all the lands around them and insure that no foul deed would go undone. But for every dirty trick, for every heinous crime, for every little bit of badness that they could do, Hilynda was always there to thwart them, and turn their horrible deeds into good ones. For remember, Hilynda could see into the future and always knew what her sisters were going to do, even before they themselves knew!

And so the day finally came when the four sisters said enough was enough and the time had come for them to put a stop to Hilynda once and for all. One night, while Hilynda lay sleeping, dreaming of good things, they sneaked into her chamber and invoked a terrible magic spell upon her; they cast a spell to steal her face! Her beautiful face, her nose, her mouth, her ears, and her enchanted eyes, were severed and plucked from her; and each of the sisters took a part of Hilynda's face, so that then they would all have a share of their sister's magical power, and of her beauty. But Hilynda was wise to them, and had foreseen what her sisters had been planning to do, and that night, before she slept, she annointed herself with a special potion, which turned her face into gold! And when her mouth, her nose, her ears, and her eyes were stolen, it did not hurt her and she did not die; and because her features were no longer of flesh and blood, each of the four sister's own face was replaced with a part of gold. But Hilynda was out off from the outside world, alone, and with no face. The four sisters now rule the mountains, and terrorize the surrounding lands, and do all kinds of horrible things. And to repay Hilynda for her cleverness, and cursing them with a feature of gold, every night they torment her, sending demons and spooks andghouls and fiends to poke and tear her, and make her feel just awful.

They say that the five sisters still live in those mountains, and that every night, just before the witching hour, if you look through a witching glass, you can see the spirits come down into the forest, dancing their dance of torture, cruelty and pain around Hilynda, and that to this very day she still roams the mountains, waiting for someone to make her whole and beautiful again, waiting for someone to bring back her face.

The End!