Before she could reply, five hysterical maggots rushed in from a footpath on the other side of the clearing. Tony recognised the one in the blue jacket that he'd seen earlier. The witch seemed to recognise him too.
"Hello Big Maggot," said the witch.
"Good morning." The maggot noticed Henry the Hippo. "Who is this?"
"That's Henry the Hippo," explained the witch.
"Ooh! Henry the Hippo would look lovely in my house. Give it to me!" demanded the maggot.
The witch shook her head. "Henry the Hippo is staying with me."
"Um... Excuse me..." Tony interrupted. "Henry the Hippo lives with me! And not in a cage!"
Big Maggot ignored him. "Is there nothing you'll trade?" he asked the witch.
The witch thought for a moment, then said, "I do like to be entertained. I'll release him to anybody who can eat a whole front door."
Big Maggot looked at the house made from doughnuts and said, "No problem, I could eat an entire house made from doughnuts if I wanted to."
"That's nothing," said the next maggot. "I could eat two houses."
"There's no need to show off," said the witch. Just eat one front door and I'll let you have Henry the Hippo."
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Tony Zeus and the Five Hysterical Maggots
FantasyOnce upon a time there was a pink boy called Tony Zeus. He was on the way to see his Morwenna Olsson, when he decided to take a short cut through Greenton Woods.
