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"Will you look at that, now?" she crooned. "The finest ever I brewed. Ah, the mystic droplet! Some swain will be buying that, now, and putting it in a lassie's cup o' tea, and she'll be pining away for love of him before the day's out." WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT NOW SHE CROONED THE FINEST EVER I BREWED AH THE MYSTIC DROPLET SOME SWAIN WILL BE BUYING THAT NOW AND PUTTING IT IN A LASSIE'S CUP OF TEA AND SHE'LL BE PINING AWAY FOR LOVE OF HIM BEFORE THE DAY'S OUT
aucepan began to hiss and bubble. "Whoops, dearies, the brew is boiling!" shrieked the Banshee, and she hobbled back to the fire to resume her work. She looked in a recipe book, stirred, clapped her hands, sang hair-raising incantations in a quavery voice, and added a pinch of salt and sulfur. She sprinkled spices from a shaker, waved her wand, popped in a dead toad, and fanned up the fire with an ostrich plume. [Illustration] "Now for the hard part," she said, grinning at them toothlessly. She measured out a spoonful of green powder, weighed it in the scales, and flung it into the saucepan. There was a loud explosion. A huge blast of steam flared out and engulfed them. When it had cleared, they saw the Banshee tilting the saucepan over a small bottle. One ruby drop of fluid fell into the bottle. It darted forth rays of light as it fell, and tinkled like a silver coin rolling down flights of marble steps. [Illustration] The Banshee corked the bottle and held it up proudly to the light. OENIX SHARPLY WHAT WE DESIRE AT THIS INSTANT THE CONTENTS OF THE SAUCEPAN BEGAN TO HISS AND BUBBLE WHOOPS DEARIES THE BREW IS BOILING SHRIEKED THE BANSHEE AND SHE HOBBLED BACK TO THE FIRE TO RESUME HER WORK SHE LOOKED IN A RECIPE BOOK STIRRED CLAPPED HER HANDS SANG HARASING INCANTATIONS IN A QUAVERY VOICE AND ADDED A PINCH OF SALT AND SULPHUR SHE SPRINKLED SPICES FROM A SHAKER WAVED HER WAND POPPED IN A DEAD TOAD AND FANNED UP THE FIRE WITH AN OSTRICH PLUME NOW FOR THE HARD PART SHE SAID GRINNING AT THEM TOOTHLESSLY SHE MEASURED OUT A SPOONFUL OF GREEN POWDER WEIGHED IT IN THE SCALES AND FLUNG IT INTO THE SAUCEPAN THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION A HUGE BLAST OF STEAM FLARED OUT AND ENGULFED THEM WHEN IT HAD CLEARED THEY SAW THE BANSHEE TILTING THE SAUCEPAN OVER A SMALL BOTTLE ONE RUBY DROP OF FLUID FELL INTO THE BOTTLE IT DARTED FORTH RAYS OF LIGHT AS IT FELL AND TINKLED LIKE A SILVER COIN ROLLING DOWN FLIGHTS OF MARBLE STEPS THE BANSHEE CORKED THE BOTTLE AND HELD IT UP PROUDLY TO THE LIGHT
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