Harriet Potter and the Friendly Snake

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A funny and unexpected Fairy Tale
by Emma_Malfoy060

Once upon a time there was a powerful girl called Harriet Potter. She was on the way to see her Draco , when she decided to take a short cut through neverland.

It wasn't long before Harriet got lost. She looked around, but all she could see were trees. Nervously, she felt into her bag for her favourite toy, Fire, but Fire was nowhere to be found! Harriet began to panic. She felt sure she had packed Fire. To make matters worse, she was starting to feel hungry.

Unexpectedly, she saw a friendly snake dressed in a blue skirt disappearing into the trees.

"How odd!" thought Harriet.

For the want of anything better to do, she decided to follow the peculiarly dressed snake. Perhaps it could tell him the way out of the forest.

Eventually, Harriet reached a clearing. In the clearing were two houses, one made from lettuces and one made from chips.

Harriet could feel her tummy rumbling. Looking at the houses did nothing to ease her hunger.

"Hello!" she called. "Is anybody there?"

Nobody replied.

Harriet looked at the roof on the closest house and wondered if it would be rude to eat somebody else's chimney. Obviously it would be impolite to eat a whole house, but perhaps it would be considered acceptable to nibble the odd fixture or lick the odd fitting, in a time of need.

A cackle broke through the air, giving Harriet a fright. A witch jumped into the space in front of the houses. She was carrying a cage. In that cage was Fire!

"Fire!" shouted Harriet. She turned to the witch. "That's my toy!"

The witch just shrugged.

"Give Fire back!" cried Harriet.

"Not on your nelly!" said the witch.

"At least let Fire out of that cage!"

Before she could reply, the friendly snake in the blue skirt rushed in from a footpath on the other side of the cleaning.

"Hello Big Snake," said the witch.

"Good morning." The snake noticed Fire. "Who is this?"

"That's Fire," explained the witch.

"Ooh! Fire would look lovely in my house. Give it to me!" demanded the snake.

The witch shook her head. "Fire is staying with me."

"Um... Excuse me..." Harriet interrupted. "Fire lives with me! And not in a cage!"

Big Snake ignored her. "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 Snake looked at the house made from chips and said, "No problem, I could eat an entire house made from chips if I wanted to."

"There's no need to show off," said the witch. Just eat one front door and I'll let you have Fire."

Harriet watched, feeling very worried. She didn't want the witch to give Fire to Big Snake. She didn't think Fire would like living with a friendly snake, away from her house and all her other toys.

Big Snake put on his bib and withdraw a knife and fork from his pocket.

"I'll eat this whole house," said Big Snake. "Just you watch!"

Big Snake pulled off a corner of the front door of the house made from chips. He gulped it down smiling, and went back for more.

And more.

And more.

Eventually, Big Snake started to get bigger - just a little bit bigger at first. But after a few more fork-fulls of chips, he grew to the size of a large snowball - and he was every bit as round.

"Erm... I don't feel too good," said Big Snake.

Suddenly, he started to roll. He'd grown so round that he could no longer balance!

"Help!" he cried, as he rolled off down a slope into the forest.

Big Snake never finished eating the front door made from chips and Fire remained trapped in the witch's cage.

"That's it," said the witch. "I win. I get to keep Fire."

"Not so fast," said Harriet. "There is still one front door to go. The front door of the house made from lettuces. And I haven't had a turn yet.

"I don't have to give you a turn!" laughed the witch. "My game. My rules."

The woodcutter's voice carried through the forest. "I think you should give her a chance. It's only fair."

"Fine," said the witch. "But you saw what happened to the snake. She won't last long."

"I'll be right back," said Harriet.

"What?" said the witch. "Where's your sense of impatience? I thought you wanted Fire back."

Harriet ignored the witch and gathered a hefty pile of sticks. She came back to the clearing and started a small camp fire. Carefully, she broke off a piece of the door of the house made from lettuces and toasted it over the fire. Once it had cooked and cooled just a little, she took a bite. She quickly devoured the whole piece.

Harriet sat down on a nearby log.

"You fail!" cackled the witch. "You were supposed to eat the whole door."

"I haven't finished," explained Harriet. "I am just waiting for my food to go down."

When Harriet's food had digested, she broke off another piece of the door made from lettuces. Once more, she toasted her food over the fire and waited for it to cool just a little. She ate it at a leisurely pace then waited for it to digest.

Eventually, after several sittings, Harriet was down to the final piece of the door made from lettuces. Carefully, she toasted it and allowed it to cool just a little. She finished her final course. Harriet had eaten the entire front door of the house made from lettuces.

The witch stamped her foot angrily. "You must have tricked me!" she said. "I don't reward cheating!"

"I don't think so!" said a voice. It was the woodcutter. He walked back into the clearing, carrying his axe. "This little girl won fair and square. Now hand over Fire or I will chop your broomstick in half."

The witch looked horrified. She grabbed her broomstick and placed it behind her. Then, huffing, she opened the door of the cage.

Harriet hurried over and grabbed Fire, checking that her favourite toy was all right. Fortunately, Fire was unharmed.

Harriet thanked the woodcutter, grabbed a quick souvenir, and hurried on to meet . It was starting to get dark.

When Harriet got to 's house, her Draco threw his arms around her.

"I was so worried!" cried . "You are very late."

As Harriet described her day, she could tell that didn't believe her. So she grabbed a napkin from her pocket.

"What's that?" asked .

Harriet unwrapped a doorknob made from chips. "Pudding!" she said.

almost fell off his chair.

The End

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- Emma

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