I Know How To Whistle!
Or, Morwen and Telemain as children. Let the chaos begin (and I don't mean
the cat!).
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Chapter One: Which Somehow Involves Green Hair
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"Well I can talk to a cat!"
"Well I can move from here to the other side of the sandbox if I think real hard!"
"Well I can make apple juice!"
"Can I have some apple juice?"
"Go away, Jack!" Morwen snapped. She was trying to prove how "bestest" she was than Telemain, and she wouldn't be interrupted. She turned to see Telemain glare at her. Telemain and Jack were good friends.
"It's okay, Jack, you can stay here!" he said, looking at his friend and glaring daggers at Morwen.
"Nah. I want some apple juice!" He walked back into the school cafeteria, leaving Telemain to look dumbstruck and very angry.
"Morwen!" He addressed the girl in an accusing sort of way.
"What?" she asked, quite innocently, picking bits of sand from under her fingernails. It wasn't her fault that Jack was so "noying."
"Guess what?" Telemain didn't feel like telling Morwen off. He wanted to prove he was bestest. "I can do a somersault!"
"On the ground! But I can make your hair green!"
"No, you can't!"
Morwen chuckled. She pointed her finger straight at Telemain's head. He looked scared, and that was a very satisfying sight for the young witch. She tried to remember the "icatashun" that she was supposed to say to make his hair green. Her brother had done it this morning... Oh, yes! That was it, she remembered. "Power of Earth, Power of Wind, grass may grow but this mayn't thin," she pondered, then added, just to be safe, "make his hair green!"
Telemain's hair didn't turn green - at least, not all of it. A particularly large lock of dark hair on his forehead had turned a dark, forest green. Telemain reached up and pulled some of his hair toward his eyes, and the lock that he took just happened to be the one that Morwen had turned green. He yelled, then stood up. "Morwen! What'd you do ta my hair?"
"I turned it green," she answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Morwen! I'm going to tell the teacher!"
"Tattle-teller!" She called after him. She was scared. She didn't want to get in trouble. She stood up and ran after him. "Wait! Don't tell!"
"Why shouldn't I? You changed my hair GREEN!" He turned around and glared at her, as if turning his hair green was the worst thing in the world.
"If it'll make you feel any better," she said, in a very small voice, "not all of it is green. It's just the part you looked at." She looked at his hair, and couldn't help but grin.
Telemain reached up and felt his hair. He pulled some down on the other side of his brow, and, seeing that it was dark brown, grinned as well. "Okay," he said. "I won't tell on you. But you have to figure out a way to get my hair back brown!"
"But I dunno how!" she said hopelessly. She'd seen her brother do it that morning, (and her brother wanted to be a sorcerer, so he knew a lot of magic) and she was sure he knew how to change it back, but she certainly didn't. "And my brother is at some sort of colladge for sorcery, so he can't help neither!"
"We'll just have to figure it out for ourselfs then," Telemain said determinedly.
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Chapter One: Which Somehow Involves Green Hair
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"Well I can talk to a cat!"
"Well I can move from here to the other side of the sandbox if I think real hard!"
"Well I can make apple juice!"
"Can I have some apple juice?"
"Go away, Jack!" Morwen snapped. She was trying to prove how "bestest" she was than Telemain, and she wouldn't be interrupted. She turned to see Telemain glare at her. Telemain and Jack were good friends.
"It's okay, Jack, you can stay here!" he said, looking at his friend and glaring daggers at Morwen.
"Nah. I want some apple juice!" He walked back into the school cafeteria, leaving Telemain to look dumbstruck and very angry.
"Morwen!" He addressed the girl in an accusing sort of way.
"What?" she asked, quite innocently, picking bits of sand from under her fingernails. It wasn't her fault that Jack was so "noying."
"Guess what?" Telemain didn't feel like telling Morwen off. He wanted to prove he was bestest. "I can do a somersault!"
"On the ground! But I can make your hair green!"
"No, you can't!"
Morwen chuckled. She pointed her finger straight at Telemain's head. He looked scared, and that was a very satisfying sight for the young witch. She tried to remember the "icatashun" that she was supposed to say to make his hair green. Her brother had done it this morning... Oh, yes! That was it, she remembered. "Power of Earth, Power of Wind, grass may grow but this mayn't thin," she pondered, then added, just to be safe, "make his hair green!"
Telemain's hair didn't turn green - at least, not all of it. A particularly large lock of dark hair on his forehead had turned a dark, forest green. Telemain reached up and pulled some of his hair toward his eyes, and the lock that he took just happened to be the one that Morwen had turned green. He yelled, then stood up. "Morwen! What'd you do ta my hair?"
"I turned it green," she answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Morwen! I'm going to tell the teacher!"
"Tattle-teller!" She called after him. She was scared. She didn't want to get in trouble. She stood up and ran after him. "Wait! Don't tell!"
"Why shouldn't I? You changed my hair GREEN!" He turned around and glared at her, as if turning his hair green was the worst thing in the world.
"If it'll make you feel any better," she said, in a very small voice, "not all of it is green. It's just the part you looked at." She looked at his hair, and couldn't help but grin.
Telemain reached up and felt his hair. He pulled some down on the other side of his brow, and, seeing that it was dark brown, grinned as well. "Okay," he said. "I won't tell on you. But you have to figure out a way to get my hair back brown!"
"But I dunno how!" she said hopelessly. She'd seen her brother do it that morning, (and her brother wanted to be a sorcerer, so he knew a lot of magic) and she was sure he knew how to change it back, but she certainly didn't. "And my brother is at some sort of colladge for sorcery, so he can't help neither!"
"We'll just have to figure it out for ourselfs then," Telemain said determinedly.