Well, that’s what she tells Tiffany’s parents. Miss Tick has found a post for Tiffany as dairy maid. And if you’re too afraid of goin’ astray, you won’t go anywhere.” The Story And a magic we can all embrace.Ī bit of wisdom from Granny Weatherwax: “If you don’t know when to be a human being, you don’t know when to be a witch. Mistress Weatherwax’s comments about Miss Level and her true gift are quite telling as well. It’s the possession that really rams home the point about the importance of Miss Level’s magic, and it’s terrifying as to how far this witch will go before she can be rescued.

I almost want to see a movie made of this book if only to see this sequence in action…it’s so funny in my imagination, and for once, I think film could do it even better! In disguise so they can pass in the world of man. Oh lord, the pictsies are planning to chase after Tiffany. “Oh, waily, waily, it’s true… “When a man starts messin’ wi’ the readin’ and the writin’, then he’ll come doon with a dose o’ the thinkin’ soon enough.” It was clever enough that I want to head into the garden to sleuth… Then there’s Rob describing the letters he’s learning: doesn’t trust that one with a sting and the fat man walking.Ĭute, I like Miss Level’s description of the clues the Creator put on the plants. Tiffany figures if she were to wish to marry a handsome prince, she’d step out the door to find a “stunned prince, a tied-up priest, and a Nac Mac Feegle grinning cheerfully and ready to act as best man”.

I never knew you had to be careful when making a wish. It includes some lovely moralistic lessons that are well presented to catch children’s attention.Īh, the people of the Chalk “knowing” that witches dance around without their drawers on which worried Tiffany until Miss Tick said “you could if you wanted to but only if you were certain where all the nettles, thistles, and hedgehogs were”. I do enjoy this subseries and think it’s very appropriate for kids. Second in the Tiffany Aching fantasy subseries and thirty-second within the overall Discworld fantasy series. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Wee Free Men, The Color of Magic, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, Equal Rites, Mort, The Shepherd's Crown, Wyrd Sisters, Pyramids, Guards! Guards!, Moving Pictures, Small Gods, A Blink of the Screen, Reaper Man It is part of the, series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by HarperCollins on Jand has 407 pages. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review.

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